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Procedures

Bariatric Surgery Procedures at MercyOne

MercyOne bariatric surgeons offer the most common bariatric surgery procedures: gastric bypass and gastric sleeve laparoscopicly and when necessary through an open procedure.

Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass is the most widely performed surgical procedure for weight-loss. Gastric bypass works in two ways: by restricting large amounts of food and through the malabsorption (difficulty absorbing) of nutrients from food.

Patients simply can't eat as much as they did before surgery, because this new, small pouch has a lessened capacity to hold food. Because most of the stomach and some of the small intestine has been bypassed, some of the nutrients and calories in your foods will not be absorbed. Additionally, the stomach can now only hold a few ounces of food at a time, causing significant weight loss.

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Gastric Sleeve

Sleeve gastrectomy–also known as a gastric sleeve procedure–can be described as a middle-of-the-road approach to surgical weight loss.
With a gastric sleeve, there is no reliance on a device to perform flawlessly to ensure the weight loss, as there is with a gastric band. There also is no intestinal bypass with this procedure, only stomach reduction, so the patient avoids potential complications, such as marginal ulcers, vitamin deficiencies and intestinal obstructions.

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