All Posts in Category: Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric Surgery Mexico

A large number of people from the USA, Canada and other parts of the world visit Mexico for bariatric surgery every year. Obesity is a serious health issue that may lead to other life-threatening conditions like diabetes, heart diseases, sleep apnea, and hypertension. If a person’s BMI is 35 or more and exercise and diet […]

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Lap Band Risks

Lap band surgery, also known as gastric banding, is a type of weight loss surgery in which a silicone band is placed on the upper part of the stomach to restrict its food holding capacity. Lap band surgery got FDA approval in 2001. Although the gastric banding process is reversible and hence considered a safer […]

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Lap Band Revision Surgery Abroad

If you seek lap band revision surgery but cannot congregate the courage to raise the huge amount of money it will require, you need not fret. Getting lap band revision abroad (in countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, India, and Belgium) could be an easy solution to your weight-loss surgery problem.  Despite employing the best of […]

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NHS and Obesity Surgery

Obesity in the UK has assumed epidemic proportions and half the population could be obese within 25 years, according to the British Heart Foundation. Because of this, obesity-related conditions like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke are also increasing. One of the ways to tackle obesity is bariatric surgery (also sometimes referred to as […]

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Lap Band in Belgium

Lap band surgery offers hope to people slogging out hard to vanquish obesity, only to find their efforts not reaping any results. Those  looking for surgery that would fit their budgets can consider lap band in Belgium, where it is available at a fraction of the prices charged in other parts of Europe. A Peep […]

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Duodenal Switch (with Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion) Surgery Abroad

Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPDDS) is a bariatric surgery that is claimed not to have the adverse side effects like ulcers, stomach closures and blockages, and the dumping syndrome associated with many other weight loss procedures, especially the gastric bypass. After this procedure the individual can eat larger portions than in case of gastric […]

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