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Gastric Restrictive Surgery
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Gastric restrictive surgery is a type of bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery. It limits the amount of food you can eat. This surgery may be used to treat severe obesity when diet, exercise, and medicine have failed.
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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
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Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a type of weight-loss surgery. This type is done as laparoscopic surgery, with small incisions in the upper abdomen. The surgeon puts an adjustable band around the top part of your stomach.
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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Overview
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This surgery takes out the part of your stomach that curves outward, called the fundus. After the fundus is taken out, your surgeon will close the rest of your stomach into a tube shape that looks like a banana.
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Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) Weight-Loss Surgery
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BPD/DS is a complex weight-loss surgery that may be recommended for people who are extremely obese and have failed to lose weight through other treatments.
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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Weight-Loss Surgery
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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a type of weight-loss surgery. Weight-loss surgery is also called bariatric surgery. It's often done as a laparoscopic surgery, with small incisions in the abdomen.
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Food Intolerance After Gastric Band Surgery
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Food intolerance is a risk after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery. You may have trouble eating certain foods, such as meat, fruits, or vegetables.
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Adjustable Gastric Band: What Happens If You Don’t Follow Your New Diet
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Food intolerance means that after surgery you may have problems eating foods that you once ate or that are part of your new diet. This can make it hard to stick to your new diet and keep the pounds off.
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Dumping Syndrome After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Dumping syndrome after gastric bypass surgery is when food gets "dumped" directly from your stomach pouch into your small intestine without being digested. There are two types of dumping syndrome: early and late.
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Iron Deficiency After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Iron deficiency and anemia are common after a gastric bypass or other weight-loss surgery, especially in women. In fact, iron deficiency can occur in more than half of women who are past menopause when they have this surgery.
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Afferent Loop Syndrome
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Afferent loop syndrome is a complication of certain types of stomach surgery.
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Efferent Loop Syndrome
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Efferent loop syndrome is one of two loop syndromes" that can happen after some types of gastric surgery. In a loop syndrome
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Risks of Bariatric Surgery: Anemia
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Anemia is when your blood has lower levels of red blood cells, or your red blood cells don't have enough of the protein hemoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen, which is sent around the body through blood. Anemia may occur after weight-loss surgery (bariatric surgery).
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Anastomotic Leak After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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One risk of gastric bypass surgery is that the anastomosis, the new connection created in your intestines during the bypass surgery, will leak. Leaking of digestive juices and partially digested food through an anastomosis is one of the most serious complications after bypass surgery.
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Anastomotic Stenosis (Stricture) After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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After gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, the new connection between the stomach pouch and the small intestine may narrow. This is called an anastomotic stenosis. It’s also known as a stricture.
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Problems with Digesting Fat After Weight-Loss Surgery
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Certain types of weight-loss surgery change the way your body deals with the nutrients in the foods you eat. This causes a rapid amount of weight loss, but also may lead to complications.
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Gastric Banding Surgery for Teens
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Gastric banding is a form of weight-loss (bariatric) surgery. It's used to treat people with severe obesity who haven't been able to lose weight through diet and exercise alone. It's most often done in adults. But, in some cases, it may be a treatment choice for a teen.
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Body Contouring After Weight-Loss Surgery
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Body contouring is a type of surgery that improves how you look. It's done after you lose a large amount of weight. This type of surgery gets rid of extra skin folds and other surrounding tissue. This gives your body smoother contours. Read on for details about this procedure, and what to expect.
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