Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
This operation limits the amount of food you can eat at any given time.
An adjustable band is placed around the top part of the stomach to create a small pouch above the band and a very large pouch below the band.
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
This irreversible operation, where a large part of the stomach is removed, is increasing in popularity. From being a large reservoir, the stomach becomes a narrow tube. This reduction means that patients experience early and prolonged satiety with very small portions of food.
RNY Gastric Banding
This operation limits the amount of food you can eat at any given time.
An adjustable band is placed around the top part of the stomach to create a small pouch above the band and a very large pouch below the band.
Biliopancreatic Diversion (Scopinaro) and Duodenal Switch
With these two procedures a portion of the stomach is removed. The small bowel is divided and the last section of the intestine is connected to the remaining stomach, which means that the majority of food eaten is expelled as waste and not absorbed as energy.
Revision Surgery
If you have previously had successful weight loss surgery, but have now regained weight, you could consider revision surgery.
Clearly, each operation is tailored to the needs of the individual patient, and depends on what type of surgery they have previously had and their current situation. We regularly carry out a wide range of revision procedures
Restorative Obesity Surgery Endolumenal (Rose)
A new surgical tool now allows surgeons to reduce the size of the stomach pouch and stoma through the patient’s mouth without making external cuts into the body.