Bariatrics

Bariatric surgery - the surgical treatment of obesity - is a rapidly expanding surgical field. One reason for this is that obesity in the developed world is reaching epidemic proportions, and another is that surgery can be an effective solution when conventional treatments such as dieting and drug therapy fail. The two most commonly used types of surgery are sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass. These operations are performed laparoscopically with instruments inserted through tiny incisions in the abdomen.