Loren Borud Recommends Bariatric Surgery To Help The Obese Lose Weight

Loren Borud and other top plastic surgeons can perform special bariatric surgery to help obese patients who have been unable to lose significant amounts of weight even with a healthy diet and frequent exercise. These techniques are in general only for male patients at least 100 pounds overweight or female patients at least 80 pounds overweight. But patients who suffer from conditions like diabetes or heart disease can also be considered for it.

In general, modern bariatric surgical techniques fall into two classes. The first, predominantly restrictive procedures, aim to help patients lose weight by reducing the functional size of their stomachs. Loren Borud can conduct vertical banded gastroplasty, which involves the stapling off of a small section of the stomach to serve as a new, smaller stomach. An adjustable silicone gastric band or ‘lap band’ can be used instead to cordon the area off and create this miniature stomach. A large section of the stomach can be removed via a sleeve gastrectomy. Lastly, a deflated balloon can be inserted into the area and then inflated to reduce gastric space.

The second class of these surgical techniques, known as mixed procedures, combines the first class with an older class of techniques that reduces the amount of nutrients absorbed. Loren Borud can help would-be patients choose from gastric bypass surgery, which creates a small stomach pouch and then connects this directly to the small intestine; a sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal switch, which involves the removal of most of the stomach and rerouting of the intestine; and the installation of a device similar to a pacemaker that electrically stimulates the stomach to make it feel full.

Bariatric surgery has proven to be both effective and safe. Studies conducted on patients who have undergone this surgery have discovered significant loss of weight and other major benefits such as a reduction in mortality rate, recovery from diabetes, and reduced risk of heart disease. Also, all procedures are currently performed through the use of minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques, and in the future even less invasive endoscopic procedures may be used.