Welcome to UGI Care.
Weight-loss Surgery
Your journey from weight loss to wellness begins now
Obesity - what is it?
Stopping you enjoying life!
We know it's a complex long-term disease caused by the complex interplay of many factors. Poor sleep, stress, family and cultural behaviours, inactivity, hormones and your genes all contribute to obesity.
The associated medical problems
Having too much excess body fat impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and reduces lifespan. Such complications include:
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Type 2 diabetes
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Hypertension
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Gallbladder disease
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Fatty liver disease
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Joint trouble (arthritis)
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Infertility
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Cancer such as colon, kidney, oesophageal, liver, endometrium and breast.
You've tried everything else
Why have weight-loss surgery?
Go beyond thinking about your weight and focus on what's important to you.
Perhaps you want to try get rid of your diabetes, improve your health overall, or run around more freely with your kids or grandkids. Perhaps you're aiming higher? You want to drop the medication and do one of the Great walks you've always had your eye on...
It's about you
What is weight loss surgery?
Weight-loss surgery is a very effective tool upon which to build your wellness journey in combination with behavioural and dietary changes.
Performed through a few small incisions the most common operations include:
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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
The procedure involves removing approximately 75-80% of your stomach by turning it into a narrow tube.
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
The procedure involves creating a small pouch by stapling off a large section of the stomach. A section of the small bowel is attached to this new 'pouch'.
These procedures can assist in sustained, long term weight-loss. Most patients will lose between 25-30% of their starting weight following Gastric Sleeve Surgery and 30-35% following Gastric Bypass. Please note that individual results will vary from person to person.
It's normal to be nervous leading up to surgery,
we can help
How does the surgery work to reduce weight and related complication?
Surgery reduces hunger, reduces the amount of food that you can eat and decreases the amount of food you absorb. This results from not just the physical change to the stomach and bowel but also due to changes in key hormones, bile salt metabolism and the all important 'gut microbiome'.
You're worth it
Do I qualify for weight-loss surgery?
It depends on your Body mass index (BMI) and other weight-related complications.
Where do you fit?
<18.5 You may be underweight and do not qualify for weight loss surgery
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18.5 -24.9 You have a healthy weight and do not qualify for weight loss surgery.
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25-29.9 You may be overweight but are not a candidate for weight loss surgery. We can discuss other options
30-34.9 You may be a candidate for Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass surgery.
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>35 You may be a candidate for Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass surgery.
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Ready for change!
