bariatric surgeon
Stomach-reduction specialist
A bariatric surgeon is a physician who specializes in surgical procedures for weight loss, typically for patients with severe obesity.
The most common operations include gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and gastric banding—procedures that reduce stomach capacity or alter digestion.
Her bariatric surgeon recommended the sleeve procedure.
- gastric bypassStomach-shrinking weight operation
- gastric sleeveStomach-shrinking bariatric surgery
- sleeveGarment's arm portion
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- weight lossReduction in body mass
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- OR personnelscrub nurse, scrub tech, anesthesiologist, first assistant, neurosurgeon
- bariatricsgastric bypass, lap band, morbid obesity, stomach stapling, plication
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