Our bariatric program features a team approach to better coordinate your care, including a skilled bariatric surgeon, psychologist, dietitian, and exercise physiologist. We partner with you on your weight-loss journey, providing comprehensive, leading-edge care every step of the way.
Why Choose Us for Weight Loss?
We know it can be difficult to lose weight on your own with diet and exercise. We’re here to help you safely and effectively stay on track with your weight-loss goals.
We have achieved the highest standards of care for bariatric surgery: our bariatric surgery center is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP).
If you want to lose weight and keep it off, we offer support services at several convenient locations. Our teams work with you to make lifestyle changes to lose weight and improve your overall health.
Qualify for Surgery
- BMI must be 40 or greater or 35 or greater with applicable obesity related co-morbidities. (The FDA approved surgery for a BMI 30 or greater with obesity related co-morbidities.)
- Must attend our weight loss surgery information session
- Meet with the surgeon for a physical and review medical history to determine the best procedure for them
- Psychiatric evaluations are required
- Nutritional consultations are required
- Must meet any insurance requirements based upon their individual policies
- PCP clearance and medical records are required and any additional medical clearances that may be needed based upon patients individual medical history
Services
There are a variety of surgical options available today for the treatment of obesity. Before drawing any conclusions on what is best for you, it’s important to understand that all weight loss surgeries are not alike.
Each of the surgeries we currently perform is listed below with some information. By learning more about each of the options, you will have a better understanding of which surgery might be right for you and what to expect.
This is a relatively simply surgical procedure in which the stomach is surgically reduced in size to a long narrow tube-like pouch, and the remaining portion is removed from the abdomen.
Unlike the BPD/DS and RYGB, no intestinal bypass is performed. The patient loses weight through restricted food intake alone. Studies indicate that patients who have this procedure lose an average excess body weight of 55 percent in a 6-12 month time interval.
The procedure creates a small stomach pouch using staples or vertical banding and bypasses a major portion of the small intestine to restrict the amount of food consumed and absorbed by the body. RYGB can be performed as a laparoscopic (minimally invasive) procedure or as an open procedure based on what you and your surgeon decide is right for you.
This procedure has become the weight loss surgery of choice for many patients due to its superior weight loss results and resolution or elimination of co-morbidities (i.e. medical conditions that exist in addition to obesity). Most patients have minimal, controllable side effects when they follow the appropriate post-surgery care program.
Revisional Bariatric Surgery is a procedure to alter or repair an earlier weight-loss surgery. Because revisional bariatric surgery can be a complex operation, it must be carefully considered against the health hazards of morbid obesity.
The most common reasons for revisional surgery are
- Medical complications
- Excessive weight gain after the initial operation
- To increase the rate of weight loss.
To be considered for revisional bariatric surgery, a patient must have
- Regained a substantial amount of their original weight
- Experienced poor weight loss in general
- Had complications from their original operation
Susan's Story
After struggling to lose weight and dealing with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and sleep apnea, Susan Dietrich knew something needed to change. That’s when she decided to have gastric bypass surgery.
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Kettering Health Medical Group Bariatric Surgery
7740 Washington Village Dr.
Suite 110
Washington Township, OH 45459