It is the expressed Mission of Bariatric Surgery
Specialists to assist interested individuals in learning
about weight-loss surgery and locating a program or surgeon
in their area. It is also our Mission to provide a complete
and comprehensive educational experience to all patients
wishing to learn about the surgical treatment of morbid
obesity from our program.
Further, it is our mission to provide a complete and
comprehensive surgical experience for those patients who
choose to proceed with surgery with our program. We achieve
our mission by promising the following:
- Responsive, supportive, qualified and compassionate
staff
- Offer a thorough and honest bariatric educational
experience
- Follow a comprehensive Informed Patient Consent
Process
- Provide you with a Comprehensive medical evaluation
and treatment plan for your success
- Committed to a comprehensive after care program
- Being a patient friendly Bariatric practice puts you
first
- We believe in Accountability to the patient
Severe obesity is a chronic condition that is very
difficult to treat. For some people, weight loss surgery --
or bariatric surgery -- helps by restricting food intake or
interrupting digestive processes. But keep in mind that
weight loss surgery is a serious undertaking. You should
clearly understand the
pros and
cons
associated with weight
loss surgery before making a decision.
In order to
understand how weight loss works, you need to first
understand how the normal digestive process functions.
Normally, as food moves along the digestive tract,
appropriate digestive juices and enzymes arrive at the right
place and at the right time to digest and absorb calories
and nutrients. After we chew and swallow our food, it moves
down the esophagus to the stomach, where a strong acid
continues the digestive process. The stomach can hold about
3 pints of food at one time. When the stomach contents move
to the duodenum, the first segment of the small intestine,
bile and pancreatic juices speed up digestion. Most of the
iron and calcium in the foods we eat is absorbed in the
duodenum. The jejunum and ileum, the remaining two segments
of the nearly 20 feet of small intestine, complete the
absorption of almost all calories and nutrients. The food
particles that cannot be digested in the small intestine are
stored in the large intestine (made up of the ascending
colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon,
and rectum) until eliminated.
Obesity surgery involves making changes to the stomach
and/or small intestine.
