Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

• Advanced Surgery
• Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

Asian Centre for Bariatric and Weight Loss Surgery Program involves a multidisciplinary team of weight-loss experts for proper weight management. The experienced surgeons at Asian Hospital perform a high volume of weight-loss surgeries and achieve excellent outcomes.

Our highly skilled and efficient surgical team specializes in treating patients with complex medical disorders related to obesity as well as weight disorders and metabolic disease.

Bariatric Surgery/ Weight Loss Surgery

Weight-loss surgery is a lifesaving and life-changing treatment for severely obese patients who have not had success with traditional, medically supervised weight-loss strategies such as diet modification, exercise, and/ or medication.

Effects of Obesity

• High blood pressure
• High level of triglycerides
• Type 2 diabetes (sugar)
• Heart diseases like stroke, paralysis etc.
• Arthritis
• Obstructive sleep apnea (snoring)
• Cancer and early death are two major impacts of obesity.

Bariatric and Weight Loss Surgery Eligibility for Bariatric Surgery:

Countless people would like to lose weight, but only those whose heavy weight possesses a threat to their lives (the severely or “morbidity” obese) are considered viable candidates for undergoing bariatric surgery.

Diagnosis and treatment of severe obesity starts based on a patient’s body mass index or ratio of fat to lean body mass. In general, severely obese are those who have a BMI greater than 35.

To qualify for bariatric surgery in the Indian subcontinent, patients must typically:

• Have a minimum BMI of 35 for at least five years, or a minimum BMI of 33.5 with significant medical complications related to obesity, known as co-morbidities
• Be between the ages of 18 and 65 years. Patients older or younger may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

In addition to our highly proficient team of surgeons, the multi-disciplinary team complementing the entire bariatric treatment procedure includes:

• Endocrinologists
• Gastroenterologists
• Psychologists
• Dieticians
• Physiotherapists

Content Reviewed by – Asian Hospital Medical Editors