The INTEGRIS Health Weight Loss Center in Oklahoma City offers multiple options to help you achieve your weight loss goals. When other weight loss options have been exhausted, surgical procedures like the following can be considered:
The Duodenal Switch forms a tube-shaped stomach pouch, similar to a sleeve gastrectomy, and reduces the use of the small intestine, resembling a gastric bypass.
In this surgical weight loss procedure, stapling creates a small (15 to 20cc) stomach pouch. The remainder of the stomach is not removed but is completely stapled shut and divided from the stomach pouch. The outlet from this newly formed pouch empties directly into the lower portion of the jejunum, thus bypassing calorie absorption.
Several studies have shown that this surgical weight loss procedure can be performed with less perioperative mortality than a gastric bypass procedure. Initial weight loss from a vertical sleeve gastrectomy is slightly more significant than an adjustable band but somewhat less dramatic than a gastric bypass.
If you're considering bariatric surgery in Oklahoma City, we believe the INTEGRIS Health Weight Loss Center provides Oklahoma's most comprehensive, responsible and sustainable weight loss program. Through weight loss support groups, free weight loss seminars and our bariatric surgery procedures, INTEGRIS Health offers a comprehensive solution to morbid obesity - an Oklahoma epidemic.