Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are obese.
"Patients should be referred to high-volume centers with surgeons experienced in bariatric surgery."
Classification of surgical procedures
Predominantly malabsorptive procedures
Predominantly malabsorptive procedures, although they also reduce stomach size, these operations are based mainly on creating malabsorption.
Biliopancreatic diversion
This complex operation is termed biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) or the Scopinaro procedure. Far fewer surgeons perform BPD compared to other weight loss surgeries, in part because of the need for long-term nutritional follow-up and monitoring of BPD patients.
Bariatric Surgery Overview
Bariatric Surgery is a procedure performed on people who are dangerously obese, for the purpose of losing weight. This surgery is performed on the stomach and intestine causing a reduction of the patient's food intake. Results from this obesity surgery are significant long-term weight loss, recovery from diabetes, improvement in cardiovascular risk factors, and a reduction in mortality. The National Institutes of Health recommend bariatric surgery for obese people with a BMI of at least 40, and for people with BMI 35 and serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes.
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