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Thornton, Colorado
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Location and Contact Details
St. Anthony's North; North Suburban Hospital
9191 Grant Street
Thornton, Colorado 80229
303-280-0900
Bariatric Surgeons
Michael A. Snyder, MD, FACS, PC
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Types of Gastric Surgery Performed
1. Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass
2. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Lap-Band®)
Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass
The Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass has long been considered the "gold standard"
for obesity surgery; all other procedures are compared to this when establishing
their effectiveness. It is primarily a "restrictive" procedure
with some, minimal, malabsorption of digested food.
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Gastric Banding with the Lap-Band® is a variation on the banded gastroplasty,
in which the stomach is neither opened nor stapled -- a band is placed
around the outside of the upper stomach, and creates an hourglass-shaped
stomach. It also produces a narrow, controlled and adjustable outlet that
allows for management of the rate at which food travels from the upper
to the lower stomach. Patients are satisfied with smaller meals that easily
fill the small upper stomach. The Lap-Band® constriction causes food
to slowly pass through the outlet and maintain stretch on the upper pouch
– leading to a prolonged sense of fullness and lack of hunger. The
Lap-Band® is made of a non-reactive, durable elastomer that can be
surgically implanted during a relatively short laparoscopic procedure
(less than an hour, on average). The inflation port, which is placed under
the skin near but below the patient’s ribs, allows for periodic adjustments
to the volume of the outlet; making it tighter, if weight loss is too
slow, or looser, if weight loss is too fast. These adjustments can usually
be done without hospitalization and always with the utmost of safety.
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