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What Are Some Of The Benefits Of Weight-Loss Surgery?

The ultimate goal for us is to see you live a healthier, safer life. Losing excess weight through one of our cutting-edge weight-loss surgeries can also mean saying “good-bye” to obesity-related conditions such as sleep apnea, hypertension, high cholesterol, type II diabetes, and more. These are conditions which negatively affect your quality of life and often lower your life expectancy. Weight loss surgery can jumpstart your new, healthy lifestyle and improve your relationship, self-esteem, employment opportunities, and overall health and happiness.

What Are The Different Bariatric Procedures Available?

Bariatric doctors are having success every day providing safe weight loss with the help of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, duodenal switch, and revision surgeries robotic. At Surgical Associates of Mansfield, we’re able to perform these procedures with the help of a state-of-the-art da Vinci robotic surgical system which allows these life-saving surgeries to be performed with very small incisions, fewer wound complications, less pain, faster and easier recovery, and superior outcomes.

Am I A Candidate For Weight Loss Surgery?

If you’re morbidly obese, over 35, and other treatments—including diet, exercise, and medication—haven’t worked for you, you may be a candidate for bariatric surgery. Diets, pills, shakes, and fad diets have only a 5% success rate compared to 90% with bariatric surgery. An experienced bariatric surgery will take into account your age, weight-loss goals, and any other medical problems before recommending which is the best procedure for you.

How Much Weight Can I Expect To Lose?

Each patient is unique. It depends on how much weight you need to lose and how willing you are to partner with us and make the lifestyle changes necessary to lose weight safely—and keep it off. But on average our bariatric patients lose between 35 and 100 pounds and most maintain their weight loss.

Are There Risks With Weight-Loss Surgery?

There are risks with any surgery. But when compared to the risks of living with obesity, the risks of bariatric surgery are minimal. The main thing to keep in mind is to have a skilled and reputable surgeon who can successfully address any risks that arise in a healthy and safe way. Very rarely do complications arise.

Can I Still Get Pregnant After Having Weight-Loss Surgery?

Absolutely and research suggests that weight-loss surgery before pregnancy can lower the risk to women and their babies of obesity-related problems during pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes, blood pressure disorders, newborns who are large for their gestational ages, postpartum hemorrhage, and cesarean delivery. With recent findings, it is recommended that you wait one to two years after bariatric surgery to become pregnant. Your OB-GYN should perform nutritional deficiency testing before conception to determine your individual need for supplements, as well as monthly tests during pregnancy. But many women deliver healthy babies after bariatric surgery.