Common Types of Weight Loss Surgery Procedures
There are a few different types of weight loss surgery procedures that are common today. Some are only restrictive in nature, which means that a new, smaller stomach “pouch” is created and the exit of food from the stomach is limited (slowed gastric emptying), whereas others are also malabsorptive, which means that the surgery changes the way food is absorbed as it leaves the stomach and enters the small intestine, typically because part of the…
