Tijuana Bariatrics Blog
Pre-Op Instructions for SILS
While many patients do not realize it, healing begins before a procedure even begins. Pre-op surgical instructions are intended to put you body in an ideal condition to heal. It’s important that patients follow all surgical instructions to the letter in order to prevent serious complications and to reduce the
The Risks of SILS Treatment
When diet and exercise are not enough to obtain a healthy weight, surgical intervention may help. Single Incision Laparoscopic Sleeve surgery helps those who have struggled with weight loss achieve their goals by reducing stomach size with minimal surgical risk or scarring. During patient consultations, our bariatric surgery specialists explain Single Incision
Are You a Good Candidate for LAP-BAND Surgery?
At Tijuana Bariatric Center, we proudly offer a comprehensive range of bariatric surgery solutions for patients who are struggling with obesity. Among the most popular and highly effective of these solutions is LAP-BAND® System surgery, a minimally invasive gastric banding procedure that offers the unique benefit of being completely reversible.
Bariatric Surgery and Fat Malabsorption
The phrase “fat malabsorption” may strike you as something to avoid simply because of how it reads – when does anything good begin with the prefix “mal”? However, in the case of certain forms of bariatric surgery, most notably duodenal switch surgery, controlled fat malabsorption is precisely the point. Duodenal