Tratamiento No Quirúrgico

Dietas, ejercicios y medicamentos forman parte de los metodos convencionales para perder peso. A veces, estos métodos son efectivos en el corto plazo. Sin embargo, para la gente que tiene obesidad severa, estos casi nunca funcionan ni duran. Las investigaciones científicas han encontrado que los métodos convencionales para bajar de peso no producen pérdida de peso permanente. Varios estudios han encontrado que los pacientes a dieta, en programas de ejercicio o que toman medicamentos pierden aproximadamente el 10% de su masa corporal pero tienden a recuperar dos terceras partes del peso perdido al cabo de un año, y casi todo el peso luego de cinco años. Otro estudio encontro que menos del 5% de pacientes que participan en programas no-quirúrgicos para bajar de peso, pudieron mantener la reducción de peso después de 5 años. (3).

Surgical Treatment

Surgery is the only long term successful therapy for morbid obesity. Over the years, weight-loss surgery has proven to be a successful method for the treatment of morbid obesity.4

• Weight loss surgery saves lives
• People live longer after weight loss surgery
• It is not a cure for morbid obesity, it is a tool that will allow you to lose weight

Surgical options have continued to evolve and South Texas Lap Band is pleased to be able to offer patients different weight loss surgery procedures including the LAP-BAND ® System surgery, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

1. Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a part of NIH, NIDDK statistics represent US adults over the age of 20.
2. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) / American College of Endocrinology (ACE) Statement on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Obesity (1998 Revision). AACE/ACE Obesity Task Force. Endocr Pract. 1998; Vol. 4 No. 5: 297-330.
3. Kramer FM et al. Long-term follow-up of behavioral treatment for obesity: patterms of weight regain among men and women. Int J Obes 1989; 13:123-136.
4. SAGES/ASBS Guidelines for Laparoscopic and Conventional Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity. American Society for Bariatric Surgery. http://asbs.org/html/guidelines.html
5. Executive summary: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for the treatment of obesity (update and re-appraisal). The Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIPS) 2002.