WLS Obesity Clinics
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Surgery for Clinical Obesity

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Las Vegas, Nevada

Bariatric Surgeons

Barry L. Fisher, MD FACS
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
James Atkinson, MD FACS
American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Types of Weight Loss Surgery Performed

1. Roux Y Gastric Bypass
2. Silastic Ring Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
3. Gastric Banding (Lap-Band)

Roux Y Gastric Bypass
When success is defined as "the most weight loss, kept off for the longest period of time," the Roux-Y Gastric Bypass is among the operations that fulfill this goal without producing major malnutrition. We are now performing this operation using the open surgical approach and the minimally invasive, Laparoscopic approach, and it has become the favored weight management operation in the U.S.

Silastic Ring Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
The Silastic Ring Vertical Banded Gastroplasty is an operation that functions by restricting the rate and amount of food that a person can eat. There are four rows of staples placed parallel to the strongest sidewall of the stomach, making it difficult for the small resulting stomach pouch to expand.

Gastric Banding
This new operation (new in U.S.) is not the same as a Gastric Bypass. In Europe for the past nine years, over 80,000 Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Bands have been performed. It is now the favorite weight control procedure performed outside the U.S., and was approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2001.

The Surgical Weight Control Center of Nevada has been helping severely overweight people since 1989.

BARIATRIC SURGERY INFORMATION
What Is Weight Loss Surgery | How to Qualify | Types Of Surgical Operation | How Bariatric Surgery Works | Laparoscopy | How Effective Is Surgery
Success Rates | Health Benefits | Complications | Surgery Costs | Find Weight Loss Surgeon | Support Groups | Malabsorption | Gastric Bypass
Biliopancreatic Diversion Bypass | Biliopancreatic Details | Biliopancreatic Benefits/ Risks | Duodenal Switch Bypass | Duodenal Switch Details
Duodenal Switch Benefits/ Risks | Roux-en-Y Bypass Laparoscopic | Roux-en-Y Bypass Open Surgery | Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Benefits/ Risks
Roux-en-Y Details | Fobi Pouch Gastric Bypass | Fobi Pouch Benefits/ Risks | Dumping Syndrome | How Dumping Occurs | Bypass Health Dangers
Diet After Gastric Bypass | Restrictive Procedures | Gastric Banding | Adjustable Gastric Banding | Lap Band Procedure | Lap Band Details
Lap Band Risks & Benefits | Silastic Gastric Ring Surgery | Gastroplasty | Vertical Banded Gastroplasty | Gastric Surgery | Gastric Stapling
Stomach Stapling | Benefits of Gastric Stapling | Obesity Condition | Obesity Mortality Rate | Obesity Health Risks | Obesity Surgical Treatment
Surgery For Morbid Obesity | Weight-Related Health Risks | Obesity Surgery Research | Bariatric Studies | Gastric Reduction Articles | Statistics
Stomach Bypass | Stomach Banding | Stomach Gastroplasty | Laparoscopy | Health Complications | Nutrition after Bypass | Psychosocial Factors
Gastric Reduction Surgery | Weight Loss Surgery Clinics | Plastic Surgery | After Weight Loss | Tummy Tuck/Abdominoplasty | Dermolipectomy
Body Lift | Gynecomastia Enlarged Male Breast | Panniculectomy | Thigh Lift | Cost of Plastic Surgery | Information | Cosmetic Surgery | Lipoplasty
Types | Health Risks of Liposuction | Tumescent Method | Butt | Inner Thighs | Front Thighs | Cost | Information About Lipoplasty

Laparoscopic or open bariatric surgery, such as gastric banding or bypass is not an easy solution to morbid obesity and weight loss. It is a serious surgical procedure, involving health risks. To produce lasting weight loss it requires a long-term patient commitment to eating a healthy diet and following a regular program of physical exercise. Life-long use of nutritional supplements may also be necessary. So, before deciding, discuss your options fully with your doctor. © 2003-2008 Bariatric-Surgery.Info - Terms - Contact - Information - Resources - Add URL