Options

All obesity surgery operations are both restrictive and malabsorptive in nature. These operations restrict the amount of food that can be eaten as well as provide malabsorption of the ingested food. Your surgeon will discuss these surgeries with you and determine which surgery is appropriate during the consultation.

Almost all surgeries performed at UI Hospitals and Clinics are laparoscopic in nature.

Gastric bypass operations involve stapling off a portion of the stomach to form a small pouch and attaching the limb of the intestine to that pouch. This creates a pathway for food that allows it to bypass most of the stomach and a short segment of the small intestine, limiting the amount of food ingested and inducing a small component of malabsorption of the nutrients.