Bariatric Surgery

我们的减肥外科医生提供专业的减肥治疗，促进特殊的结果.

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Why choose UCLA Health for weight loss surgery?

在皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校减肥外科，我们为持续减肥提供手术治疗. 每一个治疗方案，我们的目标都是提高您的生活质量.

十多年来，我们一直在治疗肥胖和肥胖相关疾病的患者. 我们采用全面的方法，通过这种方法，您可以在一个项目中获得所需的所有服务. Highlights of our bariatric surgery services include:

Exceptional outcomes: Bariatric surgeries 由于先进的技术和严格的质量措施，是否属于最安全的程序. Our patients report a surgery satisfaction rate of greater than 95%. Compared to the national average, 我们的外科医生进行的翻修手术减少了50%，我们的病人住院时间缩短了24小时.

Advanced technology: We equip our operating rooms with the latest technology. For example, we have two da Vinci Robotic systems, 它能让外科医生通过小切口进行手术，提高精确度和控制力. 机器人和微创手术为患者提供了较低的并发症风险, less pain and faster recovery times.

Extensive patient support: 我们提供免费的信息研讨会和有组织的项目来教育患者和他们的家庭成员关于减肥手术和体重管理. 你可以和营养师一起工作，和心理学家联系，或者加入我们的支持小组.

Comprehensive team approach: Because obesity is associated with many conditions, you may need more than one specialist on your treatment team. Our program includes experts in bariatric surgery, hepatology (the study of liver disease), cardiology, gastroenterology and endocrinology.

Streamlined, convenient care: 我们的目标是确保您在我们中心的时间尽可能高效和无压力. 我们会花时间去了解你，了解你的个人情况，这样我们就能制定出最符合你需求的治疗方案. 当您在我们中心预约时，您可以访问您可能需要的每个专科医生.

What is bariatric surgery?

Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, 通过切除或改变胃的一部分来帮助你减肥. 手术限制了你能吃的食物量或你身体能吸收的卡路里量. 研究表明，减肥手术可以帮助你减掉85%的多余体重.

These types of procedures have also been shown to:

Control high blood pressure
Improve sexual dysfunction
Increase fertility
Increase life expectancy
Provide pain relief
Treat conditions such as type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea

Our areas of care

我们的减肥手术项目提供一系列的减肥和体重管理服务. Areas of care at our bariatric clinics include:

Adolescent bariatric surgery: 美国代谢和减肥外科学会建议将减肥手术作为一些肥胖青少年的治疗方法. 这些指导方针是基于最近关于儿童肥胖率上升和减肥手术有效性的数据. 如果青少年的身体质量指数(BMI)高于35，并有其他与肥胖有关的情况, they may be candidates for weight loss surgery.

Healthier Weight Management Program: 这个为期八周的系列教育参与者如何改变生活方式以长期保持体重. Each week, 内科医生或专业营养师会指出影响体重的另一个因素, such as nutrition, exercise or stress.

Medical Weight Management Program: 我们采用一种全面的方法来评估影响减肥的每一个因素. 这些因素可能包括环境、代谢、遗传或社会因素. Treatment through this program may include an individualized diet plan, 医学监督减肥或团体认知行为治疗课程. 因为我们知道保持体重和减肥一样重要, we also offer a program for long-term weight management.

Weight loss surgery: 我们的减肥外科医生使用先进的技术和黄金标准的技术进行多种类型的减肥手术. 我们的结果和满意度一直高于全国平均水平. 我们甚至为过去减肥手术不成功的患者提供矫正手术.

Obesity-related conditions we treat

The primary goal of bariatric surgery is to treat obesity. Obesity is a medical condition in which you have excess body fat. You are most likely considered obese if your BMI is 30 or higher.

减肥手术也可以作为一系列肥胖相关疾病的治疗计划的一部分, including:

Diabetes: A disease that affects how your body processes blood sugar.
Fatty liver: 脂肪堆积在肝脏(消化食物和排除毒素的器官).
Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol): When there are high levels of fat particles in your blood.
Hypertension (high blood pressure): When the pressure against your artery walls is chronically too high.
Osteoarthritis: 一种退行性疾病，软骨(骨头之间的柔软组织)磨损.
Polycystic ovary syndrome: A hormonal imbalance that can lead to small cysts on the ovaries.
Sleep apnea: 一种睡眠障碍，其特征是呼吸在夜间停止和开始.

Treatments bariatric surgeons offer

We use advanced surgical techniques, including minimally invasive techniques, to offer every patient expert care. Surgeries we offer include:

Anti-reflux surgery: Many obese patients also have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Research has shown that gastric bypass surgery not only treats GERD, but also effectively treats conditions related to obesity, such as diabetes or fatty liver.

Gastric bypass: During gastric bypass, 你的外科医生通过分离并重新连接小肠来缩小你的胃. 这种方法限制了你的胃能容纳的食物量，改变了你的肠道激素，让你的饱腹感更持久.

Gastric bypass revision: 约15%至35%的患者在手术后体重反弹或未能达到减肥效果. 我们可以做一个叫远端胃旁路手术来帮助你在之前手术失败后减掉更多的体重.

Gastric sleeve: 也被称为袖式胃切除术，这种手术切除了80%的胃. 这是美国最常见的减肥手术，成功率高达90%.

Lap band removal: 束腹手术的工作原理是在胃的一部分周围放置一个可充气的硅胶带. This procedure used to be the most popular weight loss surgery, but many patients experience complications or poor results. 我们执行一个程序，修改膝带胃袖或胃旁路. 接受这种手术的患者体重明显减轻，生活质量得到改善.