Types of Weight Loss Surgery

There are three main surgeries presently performed in the United States to treat morbid obesity. 

1. Restrictive operations that reduce the size of the stomach and, therefore decrease the amount of food a patient can comfortably eat at one time
2. Malabsorptive operations that change the route the food travels through the small intestine, and therefore reduce the calories and nutrients the body can absorb from the food that is consumed
3. Combined operations that involves both restrictive and malabsorptive components

Each of these surgeries has benefits as well as risks.

Salem Hospital Bariatric Surgery Center now offers the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (both laparoscopic and open) as well as Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding.

The most important thing that patients need to consider is that obesity surgery, regardless of the type, will not be successful without a lifelong commitment to diet, exercise, nutritional supplementation and long-term medical follow-up.

• Lap-Band
• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

What are the results of Bariatric Surgery?
Bariatric surgery is not a “cure” for morbid obesity, but rather a tool that patients can use to assist with weight loss. Patients who have had surgery and have changed their lifestyles to include strict attention to diet, vitamins, exercise and regular follow-up with their surgeon have had good success. The average durable weight loss for a Weight Loss Surgery patient is between 48 and 74 percent of excess body weight by approximately 2 years following their surgery.