Restrictive and Malabsorptive Procedures

Evaluating Surgical Options

As you consider weight lose treatment with bariatric surgery, it’s important to assess your options using these critical factors: safety, effectiveness, and support.

The safety of a procedure can be indicated by complication rates, mortality rates, or the need for secondary procedures to resolve problems.

The effectiveness of a weight lose procedure can be measured in weight lose at 1 year and weight lose at 3 years or more. Most weight lose procedures have 1-year results. However, longer-term results are a better indicator of effectiveness. Improvements in obesity-related health conditions after surgery, such as type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obstructive sleep apnea, are also good indicators of effectiveness.