There are three procedures we offer patients at the Surgical Weight Loss Center

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGBP)
This procedure is performed laparoscopically, allowing the surgeon to create a small stomach pouch which restricts food intake resulting in feelings of satiety (sense of fullness) following even small meals.

As gastric bypass implies, food is rerouted past most of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine. Weight loss is achieved through both gastric restriction and malabsorption.

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB)
The LAP-BAND® System is an adjustable silicon band that is inserted laparoscopically and placed (like a belt) around the upper part of the stomach. An access port allows the surgeon to adjust the inner surface by adding or removing saline. This creates a new, smaller upper stomach pouch and leaves the larger part of the stomach below. This new upper pouch can only hold a small amount of food, so patients will feel full sooner.

Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG)
he sleeve gastrectomy is a restrictive procedure in which two-thirds of the stomach is removed, which provides for quicker satiety and decreased appetite. The remaining stomach looks like a long tube, hence the name sleeve, which restricts food intake by allowing only a small amount of food to be consumed at one time.

Weight loss is achieved by both a reduction in stomach capacity and the production of the hormone ghrelin, which is associated with hunger and appetite. This procedure is also performed laparoscopically. This procedure works by restricting food intake without involving bypass of the intestinal track or a foreign object being place around the stomach.