Bariatric & General Surgery Center
Now Serving The Metro Atlanta & More
Now offering Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery
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Bariatric & General Surgery Center
Now Serving The Metro Atlanta & More
Now offering Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery
Are you struggling with losing excess weight and excessive hunger, prediabetes, diabetes, or metabolic syndrome?
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At Ideal Body Institute we don’t believe you should ever sacrifice your health.
Our Atlanta mini gastric bypass procedure is performed laparoscopically (keyhole surgery) under general anesthesia. Five small incisions (between 5 and 12 mm in length) are made for the insertion of the keyhole surgery instruments. Using these instruments, the top of the stomach is stapled to form a thin tube (30 ml to 50 ml in size). The slim tube becomes the new, smaller stomach and is entirely separate from the rest of the stomach.
This stomach is then sewn to a loop of the small intestine, bypassing the first part of the intestine called the duodenum and approximately 150 to 200 cm of the bowel. The rest of the stomach and upper part of the small intestine remains in the body but is no longer used for food digestion. In skilled hands, the surgery takes approximately 60 minutes to perform.
For the cost of the procedure, visit our pricing page.
The prices listed are self-pay, all-inclusive. Your exact bypass surgery cost can vary and could be reduced based on insurance and health status, use of additional resources, and other factors. We offer financing options for qualified patients.
The cost not only includes the price of the surgery but, more importantly, the skill and expertise of our specialist or healthcare professional that is doing the procedure.
Tip: Ensure your surgery is performed by a specialist who is licensed and trained and has experience treating patients using this procedure. Enroll in the SurgiCare Rewards Program to save money on treatments. At Ideal Body Institute in Atlanta, we offer our patients many benefits, including:
As with all medical procedures, individual results and experiences may vary. Long term effects of any gastric surgery are reliant on a patient making the necessary changes to lifestyle, particularly in diet and exercise. You must commit to changing various behaviors – and we will help.
Several studies have been carried out and published about the long term (over five years) effects of mini-gastric bypass surgery. Two years after the surgery, weight loss is 75 to 85 percent of excess body weight; five years after the surgery, the excess body weight loss is 70 to 75 percent.
Weight loss with our Atlanta mini gastric bypass is as good, if not better, than what is achieved with conventional gastric bypass surgery in people with a higher BMI.
Many diseases connected to being overweight like sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, joint diseases, high blood pressure, or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) improve or disappear as a result of the surgery.
As with any surgical procedure, the mini-gastric bypass operation has a risk profile, which is critical to understand before proceeding. The following is a comprehensive list of issues that can occur. Most of these complications are very rare, and 90 to 95 percent of patients experience no problems. This list is extensive and is not intended to worry you, but inform you about the range of possible complications, regardless of how rare the problem may be.
Mini-gastric bypass surgery is particularly effective for patients with a higher BMI as the procedure has more predictable and durable weight loss outcomes compared with standard gastric bypass.
Most patients have an almost immediate reduction in their need for diabetic medication, and some no longer need to take diabetic medication.
It does not require any on-going adjustments, as are required with other procedures, such as the gastric band. Regular follow-up is, however, necessary to ensure weight loss is appropriate, and food intake is nutritionally adequate.
It is effective if you tend toward high sugar or high-fat foods. Dumping syndrome is directly linked to high sugar, high fat intake. Symptoms of dumping are unpleasant and therefore discourage the consumption of high calorie and sweet foods.
We believe top notch medical care should be accessible to everyone. At Ideal Body Institute, we work with highly respected medical specialists and offer state-of-the-art technology to deliver the highest quality medical care to our community. Guided by compassion and dedicated to outstanding results, we deliver affordable healthcare to our family of patients.
