Adams Kirurgia Kliinik
Bariatric, postbariatric and general surgery
Gastric band operation
A gastric band operation is a type of weight loss surgery. The capacity of the stomach is reduced using an adjustable band so that only small meal can be eaten. A gastric band operation can help you to lose your overweight. It works by reducing the capacity of your stomach, which means, that you eat […]
MoreGastric “sleeve” resection
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Sleeve gastrectomy has evolved as a bariatric procedure over the last two decades. It was introduced as the restrictive component of the biliopancreatic diversioon. Subsequently after 10 years, laparoscopic s leeve gastrectomy was used as a bridging procedure in super-morbidly obese patients, usually followed by a definite procedure as laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric […]
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Gastric bypass
Gastric Bypass is a surgical procedure used in the treatment of obesity. Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that is growing worldwide concern affecting the healt of millions of peole. Obesity is defined as an exessively high amount of body fat in relation to learn body mass resulting from caloric intake that exeeds energy usage. […]
MoreGastric plication
Gastric plication is a new bariatric procedure. Laparoscopic greater curvature plication(LGCP) has gained popularity within the last 2 years because it is a restrictive procedure that reduces gastric volume without the need for stomach resection. LGCP was first described by Wilkinson in 1981. LGCP successfully reduces gastric volume by plication of the greater curvature without […]
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