Take Control of Your Health With Bariatric Surgery Centered Around You.
Every person’s weight loss journey is unique. That’s why Mayo Clinic provides an expert team centered around you. If you are a person with obesity and are unable to maintain weight loss, you may qualify for bariatric or weight loss surgery.
Bariatric surgery has transformed lives, helping people manage conditions like excess weight, diabetes, sleep apnea, and heart disease. For severe obesity, it is the most effective and lasting method to lose weight and keep it off.
Evidence-based practice.
Our program isn't focused on any single therapy or procedure. Your care is driven by your needs, current symptoms, and history, combined with our deep experience. We explore and explain the advantages of different medical options to achieve the best outcomes in your weight loss journey.
Our skilled team will work with you to create a personalized care plan and support you throughout this life-changing journey.
Qualifying conditions.
If you and your care team determine bariatric surgery is the best option for you, qualifying conditions include, but are not limited to:
- Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or higher.
- BMI of at least 35 and a weight-related disease such as high blood pressure, gastroesophageal reflux disease, diabetes, heart disease, or sleep apnea.
Collaborative care for pre-surgical weight loss.
Many patients come to us needing significant weight reduction to qualify for specific surgeries. We regularly care for patients with upcoming spine, orthopedic, cardiac, kidney, or liver transplant surgeries who must lose weight before safely undergoing those procedures.
Mayo Clinic treats your entire range of medical needs, from weight loss to surgical procedures and postoperative care.
Rare skill and capacity to treat those in specific risk groups.
Mayo Clinic specializes in correcting issues from previous bariatric surgeries. We also may provide surgeries to people with complicated medical histories who may not have qualified at other bariatric centers.
We have extensive, successful experience treating people who need specific medical procedures but whose weight places them in an unacceptable risk category. This includes people with unacceptably high BMI measures or other identified risks who need organ transplant.
Options for the right solution.
Your team offers personalized surgical treatment options tailored to each individual's needs, including but not limited to:
This procedure removes about 80% of the stomach, restricting food intake and decreasing hunger. Patients typically lose about 30% of their total weight.
This procedure reduces the stomach to the size of an egg and reshapes the bowel to absorb less food, significantly decreasing hunger. Patients typically lose 30-35% of their total weight.
This procedure combines sleeve gastrectomy with extensive bowel reshaping, resulting in about 40% weight loss. It is generally reserved for individuals with a BMI over 50 kg/m2 or as determined by your medical team.
Recognized for expertise.
Mayo Clinic is an accredited Center of Excellence by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®).
This means our program is recognized for:
- Superior outcomes. Mayo Clinic holds the highest standards and quality outcomes, and our bariatric surgery program is validated by MBSQIP®.
- Minimally invasive surgical options. The high level of expertise of our multidisciplinary teams combined with cutting edge technologies allow the team at Mayo Clinic to provide the most advanced bariatric care available.
- Technological advances. Our teams are at the forefront of utilizing the most advanced practices and safety techniques to offer procedures that are safe, effective, and tailored to you.
Bariatric surgery has become a safer surgical procedure with less risks as technology has advanced. You’ll typically be moving around two hours after surgery and return home after a one-night hospital stay.
We're with you every step of the way.
Your expert team will support you before, during and after surgery. Whatever you need, our collaborative approach puts your needs at the center of everything we do, so you can achieve your best outcomes.
Your team will include:
- Endocrinologists to determine a course of action tailored to your specific medical needs and circumstances.
- Registered dietitians and nutrition experts to help you establish healthy behaviors before and after surgery.
- Psychologists who will create a plan that positions you for success.
- An experienced surgery team of surgeons, nurses, nurse practitioners and anesthesiologists who specialize in bariatric surgery and perform over 300 surgeries a year.
- Other specialists as needed, such as gastroenterology and endoscopy, to address health issues before surgery and help determine the best approach for you. Your team can call on the deep knowledge and expertise of multidisciplinary experts across Mayo Clinic.
- Access to fitness and culinary programs for healthy living at the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center.
We understand having weight loss surgery is a serious decision. At Mayo Clinic, you’ll receive expertise, answers and compassionate care – all focused on helping you achieve your quality-of-life goals.
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