Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric Surgery Procedures

What do you stand to gain by losing? Energy, improved health, quality of life — the list goes on. But weight loss is difficult even when the potential gains are kept in mind. When diet and exercise alone aren’t enough to achieve an appropriate weight for overall good health and active life, bariatric surgery may be the answer.

Bariatric surgery provides the longest period of sustained weight loss when all other methods have failed. It has also been shown to improve obesity-related health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and joint pain.

Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy

This procedure creates a vertical “sleeve” of stomach, about the size of a banana, using a stapling device. The rest of the stomach is removed. The smaller pouch restricts food intake, and because part of the stomach is removed, hunger hormones are reduced.

Lap Gastric Bypass

Dr. Finnell creates a small stomach pouch using a stapling device and attaches a section of the small intestine directly to the pouch to allow food to “bypass” a section of the small intestine. The gastric bypass changes the body’s normal digestive process by re-routing a section of the small intestine to the newly created stomach pouch. The small size of the pouch restricts food intake while the intestinal bypass reduces the amount of calories absorbed by the body.