People choose to have bariatric surgery as a tool to help them achieve a healthy weight. Many of us are aware that having bariatric surgery reduces the volume of food that you are able to eat, which in turn reduces the number of calories you consume, resulting in... Read more
Not only as a nation but worldwide we are seeing obesity rates steadily increase. There are many different arguments as to what could be causing this and how we fix the epidemic, but we are not going to debate them today. Today we are going to explain why bariatric... Read more
Bariatric surgery has become increasingly popular over the last few decades as a result of the rise in obesity around the world. Surgery such as gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric banding are the most popular types of bariatric surgery due to the impact... Read more
Most people that visit our surgery to learn more about bariatric surgery options have already at some point in their lives tried to lose weight on their own, whether this be through a diet, exercise program or meal replacements. Unfortunately after reaching an... Read more
Over the last few weeks we have been through different weight loss surgery options here on the Upper GI Surgery blog. Today we are going to look a little deeper into sleeve gastrectomy surgery. In Australia, Europe and the USA sleeve gastrectomy surgery is rated as... Read more
If you are considering weight loss surgery you will be met with several options, each designed to assist you in losing a dramatic amount of weight if you follow the guidance of your doctor after the operation. Today’s blog is going to explore gastric bypass surgery... Read more
