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What is the best operation of Obesity?
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Obesity surgery is so advanced and so have perfected the techniques that have excellent current operations, with very good results and safe.

There are several types bypass Roux-Y, gastroplasty and vertical gastroplasty, gastric banding is not adjustable, the adjustable gastric sleeve, there are so many types of shunts same as the classical biliopancreatic Scopinaro well known and American call option duodenal and finally and speaking only of the most common operation we Larrad which is another variant of the classic Scopinaro, has recently emerged a new technique called Santoro operation is part of the resected small intestine and combine this with a gastric sleeve.

What operation is best? is something that will have to decide obesity surgeon who is familiar with at least the main techniques in order not to recommend as the best the only one who can do it expertly.

But what if you should be clear is that all operations are divided into three groups.

Operations that restrict how much food to eat. (Banda, manga).

Operations that restrict what the body can assimilate. (Scopinaro).

A combination of both. (Cruce duodenal).

The operations of the first group do you eat very little, say the equivalent of less than a chicken leg and four chips.

With the latter you can eat normal food.

The third is a combination of both.

Ask yourself how I want to eat the rest of my life? And remember that no operation that works for an abuser of sweets, sodas and shakes, the operation is a tool and the patient who uses it responsibly.