Benefits of Weight-Loss Surgery

Overall Benefits
Improved quality of life, effectively maintained weight loss, and improvement of obesity-related illnesses are among the many benefits of weight loss surgery.

Benefits of Adjustable Gastric Band (Lap-Band) Surgery
Benefits include safety, 50-65% of excess body weight loss within 2 years, least invasive of all weight loss surgeries, no hunger, no malabsorption of medication or protein, improvement or cure of existing obesity-related health problems, reversible 1-hour procedure, return to work in 3-5 days, adjustment without additional surgery.

Benefits of Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass
Benefits include 60-80% of excess body weight loss within 2 years, improvement or cure of existing obesity-related health problems, dumping syndrome discouraging patients from eating sweets or carbohydrates.

Benefits of Biliopancreatic Diversion
Benefits include 70-90% of excess body weight loss within 2 years, little or no weight regain, improvement or cure of existing obesity-related health problems.