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Being overweight is the major reason for several health problems. There are many treatments, which can be done for obese patients to reduce the weight. There are many weight loss surgeries, which are available across the globe to make you fit and healthy. Most of the people have a wrong conception that the surgeries might cause side effects and increase risk factors, but it is incorrect. These days, it is established that it reduces several risk factors for heart diseases.

Weight loss surgery is also known as bariatric surgery. There are several types of bariatric surgeries, which are done for the morbid obesity patients. They are as follows:

Restrictive surgery

This surgery reduces the stomach size, so that it can be full, even with lesser amount of food. There are no side effects and risks with this surgery. Restrictive surgery includes some primary procedures like gastric sleeve, lap band surgery, transolar gastric volume reduction and vertical band gastroplasty.

Vertical sleeve gastrectomy

This surgery is a hard one and done only in severe morbid cases. In this surgery, surgeon removes a part of the stomach and smaller stomach that is left is of the size of a banana; thus, limits the amount of food you eat. It is conducted laparoscopically. It may increase the risks of arthritis, asthma, type 2 diabetes and weight loss process is also slower.

Malabsorptive

In this surgery, in addition to reduce the size of your stomach, you can rearrange or remove the parts of your digestive system, which let the body absorb fewer calories. It can help you in your process of weight loss, normalize the blood pressure and give relief from sleep apnea. It may have minor risks of improving blood clots, lung problems and gallstones.

Laparoscopic gastric binding

Laparoscopic surgery takes short time and has fewer risks of infections. In this surgery, surgeon makes few incisions in the abdomen to pass the surgical instruments and also small camera is inserted to conduct and view the operation. With the help of these instruments, surgeons place a band on the upper part of the stomach to create a small pouch, which can hold the food. It takes very short hospital stay, does not cause any side effects, infections, cutting and stapling inside the belly. This surgery may get over in 1 hour and you are required to stay in hospital for maximum two days. It also has the side effects like gallstones and a small fear of slipping the band.

There are many other weight loss surgeries like open surgery, stomach banding, stomach stapling etc. Depending on what you body needs, you can opt for the right one after consulting an expert surgeon.

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