The obesity rate is around 2 billion worldwide. Being overweight is the avoidable “epidemic” worldwide, with the second most common death after smoking. Obesity has become a major issue of our time due to the psychosocial problems that patients experience and the enormous financial burden of treatment. The medical treatment of obesity is often inadequate, so surgeries that are the mainstay of
morbid obesity are necessary.
Some surgical interventions were used for this purpose about 60 years ago. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, cyst gastrectomy, gastric banding and biliopancreatic diversion are the most commonly used methods. It is a great health benefit that all these procedures can be performed laparoscopically. Due to the reduction in gastric volume, eating less food and prematurely saturating leads to greater weight loss.
Methods of obesity surgery
• Sleeve gastrectomy
• Intragastric bypass
• Gastric band surgery
• Extensive gastric bypass
• Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
• Duodenal Surgery
• gastric balloon
