Weight-Loss Surgery

For the treatment of severe obesity and as far as surgery is concerned, vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. It involves reducing the size of stomach by stapling.

Patients lose weight because they become full faster during meals and thus reduce their intake of calories. This procedure has excellent long-term success rates, with patients generally losing from 40-50 percent of their excess weight. However like all surgeries, it has its short coming in terms of leakage at the surgical site and obstruction of the stomach, ulcers and obstruction.

This surgery is only normally done if there is proof that the patients fail to lose weight using proper dietary, medical and behavioral interventions.