Getting To Know The Different Weight Loss Surgeries
There are many different weight loss surgeries including Roux-in-Y, Adjustable gastric banding, Vertical banded gastroplasty, Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD), and also Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch.
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is when surgeons create a stomach pouch out of a small portion of the stomach and attach it to the small intestine effectively bypassing the larger part of the stomach and the duodenum. Because the stomach pouch is small the individual is not able to overeat, in fact can only eat a small amount of food at one time. Because the duodenum is pass, fat absorption is greatly reduced.
Operations that involve restrictive gastric operations like the adjustable gastric banding works by restricting and also decreasing the amount of food you can take in and does not interfere with the normal digestive process that occurs.
The vertical banded gastroplasty (VGB) is another of the restrictive gastric operations used to help people lose weight. This surgery is used to both restrict and decrease the amount of food that is possible to take in. This surgery does not interfere with the normal digestive process. The upper stomach, which is near the esophagus, is stapled vertically. This stapling creates a small pouch. A band restricts the entrance to the rest of the stomach so the individual cannot eat any more than what fits into the pouch effectively causing weight loss.
Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) is a malabsorptive operation that restricts how much food can be taken in and thus the amount of calories and nutrients that the body can absorb. In this operation some of the stomach is removed. What is left after the operation is attached to the small intestine. Most of the calories and also nutrients are passed into the colon where they are absorbed thus effectively causing the individual to lose weight.
In the Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch operation food intake is restricted and the food and nutrients in the food are dumped into the large intestine. The larger part of the stomach is intact including the pyloric valve. The duodenum is divided near the valve, and the small intestine is also divided.
It is important to know the different weight loss surgeries before making any decisions. Discuss all the options with your doctor, asking questions as you explore all the choices. Your doctor can not only answer your questions but also give you all the information you need on all the different weight loss surgeries. While you are exploring your weight loss surgery options you may run into other names that the surgeries are know as so be on the look out for Bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, LAGB, and Vertical banded gastroplasty.
