Revision and Conversion Procedures for Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery has proven to be very effective in weight loss; but after a while, if we don’t keep good nutritional habits, we might regain the weight. In these cases, we can offer several revisional procedures that offer a second chance at getting into the right track. 

These procedures might need to convert one procedure to a different one, for example:

Regain Gastric Sleeve can be converted to: Gastric Bypass, Duodenal Switch, Mini Gastric Bypass or intestinal bipartition.

Or redo part of the previous procedure in a different manner:

Regain Gastric Bypass: the procedure can be revised to enlarge the amount of small bowel not absorbing nutrients, make a smaller gastric pouch or a smaller gastrointestinal union, this increases food restriction.

Failed gastric band: removing the band and performing a gastric sleeve or gastric bypass surgery.