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Many people struggle to lose weight and keep it off. If your weight is starting to affect your health and your way of life, and you’ve tried other weight loss methods without success, it may be time to consider weight-loss or bariatric surgery. Weight-loss surgery has been life-changing for many people. Is it right for you?
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Guidelines for weight-loss surgery:
- 18 years or older
- Inability to achieve a healthy weight sustained for a period of time with prior weight-loss efforts
- BMI ≥ 30 and at least two or more obesity-related co-morbidities such as type II diabetes (T2DM), high blood pressure, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders or heart disease
- BMI ≥ 35 and at least one or more obesity-related co-morbidities such as type II diabetes (T2DM), high blood pressure, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders or heart disease
- BMI ≥ 40
How does weight-loss surgery work?
Metabolic or bariatric surgery procedures such as gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, duodenal switch, adjustable gastric banding and endobariatrics work by changing the anatomy of your gastrointestinal tract (stomach and digestive system) or by causing different hormonal changes in your body that change your energy balance and fat metabolism.
By changing your gastrointestinal anatomy, certain bariatric procedures affect the production of intestinal hormones in a way that reduces hunger and appetite and increases feelings of fullness. The end result is less desire to eat. These surgically induced changes in hormones are different from those produced by dietary weight loss alone.
When you meet with your surgeon, different surgical options will be presented, and you and the surgeon will decide which procedure is best for you. It is important to remember that bariatric surgery is a tool. Weight-loss success depends on many important factors such as nutrition, exercise and behavior modification.
Accredited by the MBSAQIP
The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) works to advance safe, high-quality care for bariatric surgical patients through the accreditation of bariatric surgical centers. The program accredits bariatric surgery centers in the United States and Canada that have undergone an independent, voluntary and rigorous peer evaluation in accordance with nationally recognized bariatric surgical standards. To learn more visit, https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/mbsaqip.
Doctors & Providers
Monument Health Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
1445 North Avenue, Spearfish, SD 57783
Monument Health Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
353 Fairmont Blvd, Rapid City, SD 57701
What People Are Saying
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