Bariatric surgery is a major procedure, whether you undergo a gastric bypass, a gastric banding, or a gastric plication. There are several things that patients are asked to do prior to surgery so that the procedure flows smoothly. Let's look at these pre-surgery procedures right now so you understand what to expect.

In this blog post, the staff at our Santo Domingo bariatric surgery practice reviews the risks of gastric bypass surgery.

Weight loss doesn’t occur immediately after a bariatric surgery has been performed, but it does happen, and sometimes rather rapidly. Let’s look at how weight is lost over the first weeks and ensuing months of weight loss surgery.

There are two different bariatric surgery options that are rather popular: gastric banding and gastric bypass. They differ in many ways, and we’d like to compare the two so you understand what they mean to you.