Reset Your Body. Reset Your Life.

Obesity is a disease with many causes. One treatment option—weight loss surgery—has proven successful in treating obesity. Nearly 90% of patients who choose surgery lose weight and stay healthy long-term.

Weight loss surgery not only helps improve your weight but it also:

  • Lowers your blood sugar, treating diabetes
  • Lowers your blood pressure
  • Improves sleep and treats sleep disorders
  • Lowers your risk for cancer, stroke and liver disease

 

Surgery: It's Not Cheating

Maybe you’ve tried diet and exercise over and over again, and you still struggle to keep the weight off. It’s not your fault. Obesity is a chronic disease, and it needs medical treatments. Surgery is one option.

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Two Surgical Options. One Healthier Life.

MetroHealth’s experienced surgeons will help you decide between two types of surgery that both:

  • Use less-invasive techniques for shorter and less painful recovery
  • Limit how much food your stomach can hold
  • Help you feel more satisfied from food

During these surgeries, our experienced surgeons make small incisions and use smaller tools that help limit pain and recovery time.

Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Gastric sleeve surgery removes a large portion of your stomach. This limits how much food your stomach can hold.

Diagram of a vertical sleeve gastrectomy

Fast facts:

  • Helps people lose about 60% of excess weight
  • Most commonly-performed bariatric surgery in the U.S.
  • Takes 60-90 minutes
  • Stomach is the size of a small banana
  • Better for patients with a BMI less than 45
  • Better for patients with history of surgeries

Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric bypass surgery reduces the size of your stomach and the amount of your intestine that comes into contact with food. You’ll feel comfortable eating less, and you’ll absorb fewer calories.

Diagram of a gastric bypass

Fast facts:

  • Helps people lose about 60-80% of excess weight
  • More complex than gastric sleeve surgery
  • Requires vitamin and mineral supplements for life
  • Takes 2-4 hours
  • Bypasses the larger part of your stomach
  • Good option for patients with high blood pressure, severe acid reflux and diabetes
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Preparing For Surgery

In the months leading up to surgery, you’ll work with a team of providers to understand your current health concerns. You’ll also work with mental health providers to approach goals in a healthy way that can last a lifetime.

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A Team Who's Been There

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At MetroHealth, many obesity medicine specialists and surgeons have participated in our program themselves, including our Surgical Director, Sergio Bardaro, MD, who is living a healthier life thanks to gastric bypass surgery. We know what you’re going through, and that helps us support you at every step in your weight loss journey.

Dr. Sergio Bardaro
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