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Take Control of Your Health With Bariatric Surgery
Mayo Clinic's bariatric surgery experts offer comprehensive care to help you achieve lasting weight-loss results. At Mayo Clinic, a team of bariatric surgeons, endocrinologists, dietitians, behavioral health professionals and physical therapists works together to determine which weight- loss surgery is right for you, and then develops a treatment plan specific to you.
Choose the Bariatric Center at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida for your weight- loss surgery and get unparalleled expertise in minimally invasive procedures, including gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. Mayo Clinic also specializes in correcting issues resulting from previous bariatric surgery and performing bariatric surgery in people with complicated medical histories who may not qualify for surgery at other institutions. People who have gastric bypass at Mayo Clinic are in and out of the hospital quicker than people treated at other centers.
Mayo Clinic Minute - Intragastric Balloon for Weight Loss
I got a very, very clean bill of health yesterday. Incredible bill of health.
Six months earlier, Mark Harlan became the first person in the U.S. to receive the orbera intragastric balloon. It was inflated in his stomach in a 20 minute outpatient procedure.
It's a useful tool because it's simple. It's easy to put in, very low risk.
The grapefruit-sized saline filled balloon works two ways: it takes up space in the stomach so patients eat less and it slows gastric emptying so they feel full longer.
He lost about 30 pounds, about 15 percent of his total body weight.
Mark's cholesterol levels dropped. For the first time in two years his type-2 diabetes is under control.
He's on a third of the amount of insulin that he was requiring. He's on only one blood pressure medication instead of the two.
A host of specialists then work with patients to help keep the weight off.
Expertise in gastroenterology, endocrinology, psychology, and nutrition, and we said this is the team that's going to work with you down the line.
For the Mayo Clinic News Network, I'm Dennis Douda.
Patient Testimonials
Here at Mayo, there's no doubt you have the support prior to bariatric surgery, but you have just as much if not more support after surgery. Everyone wants you to succeed, and the support they provide is unlimited and unending.
— Michael, Bariatric Surgery Patient
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