Procedures

Here at Streamline Surgical we pride ourselves on providing the very best care for our patients. We offer a wide range of procedures and surgical options for the treatment of obesity. There is no one size fits all solution to obesity and the type of treatment or procedure required differs depending on each individual’s need. The six main types of procedure that we offer are described very briefly below, with more information available if you follow the links.

Streamline Surgical will happily discuss all the options open to you and advise you about the best option for your personal needs.

Gastric Bypass surgery helps you to lose weight as it changes the way that your body, and more specifically your stomach, deals with the food you eat. After surgery you are unable to eat as much as you could before, and your body will no longer absorb all the calories from the food you eat.

Gastric Band surgery is often regarded as the safest and least invasive operation designed to produce long term weight loss. While its results can be as good as, or even better, than other types of weight loss surgery, patients need to work with the band to achieve the best results.

Gastric Balloon insertion is a very quick procedure, which results in satiety receptors producing a sense of fullness, and so repressing the desire to eat large portions of food. This is, however, only a temporary procedure as the balloon must be removed after six months. It is often suggested to patients as an aid to losing weight in the run up to other more invasive/permanent surgeries.

Sleeve Gastrectomy is a surgical weight loss procedure during which the size of the stomach is reduced by 85%. Often recommended to people who are seeking a greater level of weight loss than can be achieved through a gastric band, this surgery encourages weight loss by limiting food intake.

Duodenal Switch procedures combine restrictive and malabsorptive weight loss surgery. Stomach size is reduced by up to 70% with a Sleeve Gastrectomy, thus limiting food intake, and at the same time, large parts of the duodenum are by-passed, limiting the amount of food that can be absorbed.

Revision Surgery whilst every effort is made to make sure all surgeries a success, not all bariatric surgeries work exactly how they should and some require revision. Our team of bariatric surgeons specialise in surgery for patients who have had weight loss procedures and are experiencing complications.

Band vs. Bypass is a question that is raised again and again by people seeking weight loss procedures, and the quick answer is that each procedure has both its benefits and its drawbacks, and often one will be much more appropriate for an individual than the other. A breakdown of pros and cons is available by following the link above.

Whichever procedure you are interested in, more information is available by following the links above and by requesting an information pack from Streamline Surgical. Our price list and information about where we operate and consult is also available on our website.