A patient may consider a bariatric revisional procedure if after weight loss surgery, either not enough weight was lost or too much was gained back.
The laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure is a procedure in which a small gastric pouch is created by placing an adjustable gastric band around the top of the stomach.
The Roux-en-Y bariatric procedure reduces the size of the stomach to create a small pouch which becomes completely separate from the remainder of the stomach.
Sleeve Gastrectomy is a laparoscopic surgical procedure in which the stomach is remodeled into a long tube about one-quarter the size of the original stomach.