Weight Loss Surgery

Other Topics

• What is Obesity?
• What Causes Morbid Obesity?
• Health Risks and Related Conditions
• Am I a Candidate for Surgery?
• Types of Procedures
• Articles and Information
• FAQs

Weight loss is defined as a decrease in body weight resulting from either diet and exercise or voluntary activities or due to involuntary circumstances such as illness. However, extremely obese people often have difficulty losing weight by engaging in voluntary activities or even with medically supervised diets, exercise and behavior modification programs.

In some instances, they may already have health problems as an effect of their weight problem. Weight loss surgery is often considered an option to help them lose weight and gain back their health.

Weight loss surgery is commonly known as bariatric surgery and involves surgical procedures done on the stomach and/or intestines to help a person with extreme obesity lose weight. This is usually considered an option for persons who have a BMI above 40. It is also an option for people with a BMI of 35 to 40 who are experiencing health problems such as Type II diabetes or heart disease.

How effective is surgery?

Over the years, weight-loss surgery has proven to be a successful method for the treatment of morbid obesity. Surgical options have continued to evolve and Tri-State Bariatrics is pleased to be able to offer patients the BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System surgery. This procedure is the least traumatic and the only adjustable and reversible obesity surgery available in the United States. The LAP-BAND® System provides a unique tool that can help you achieve and maintain significant weight loss, improve your health, and enhance your quality of life.

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) / American College of Endocrinology (ACE) Statement on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Obesity (1998 Revision). AACE/ACE Obesity Task Force. Endocr Pract. 1998; Vol. 4 No. 5: 297-330.
• Kramer FM et al. Long-term follow-up of behavioral treatment for obesity: patterns of weight regain among men and women. Int J Obes 1989; 13:123-136. 
• SAGES/ASBS Guidelines for Laparoscopic and Conventional Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity. American Society for Bariatric Surgery.
  http://asbs.org/html/guidelines.html