According to a study from Spain, the amount of weight loss five years after weight loss surgery was as follows:

• 66 percent of excess weight lost after gastroplasty


• 69 percent of excess weight lost after gastric bypass


• 79 percent of excess weight lost after duodenal switch.

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For morbidly obese patients, the duodenal switch procedure is more successful than vertical banded gastroplasty according to a study from Spain. Read the entire article | Email this article

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding weight loss surgery, which restricst the amount of food that a person can eat, causes patients to lose an average of 35 to 54 percent of their excess weight loss after 1 year according to a paper from researchers at Yale University in Bridgeport, Conneticuit, USA.

Biliopancreatic diversions with and without duodenal switch, a procedure which causes malabsorption, causes patients to lose an average of 72 to 77 percent of their excess weight, but is only performed at a few centers in the U.S.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which causes both malabsorption and restricts the amount of food a patient can eat, causes patients to lose an average of 69% of their excess weight after one year and 49 percent after 14 years. Read the entire article | Email this article