This procedure is performed with an endoscope and takes approximately 15 minutes. A balloon filled with saline is placed inside the stomach cavity. This makes stomach feel full with small quantity of food, helps in weight loss and also prevents piling on additional weight. Balloon...
Combination of restrictive/mal-absorptive procedure that reduces the stomach to the size of a small pouch, so less food can be consumed. The small intestine is connected to the pouch and rerouted. Food bypasses the lower stomach, the first segment of the small intestine (duodenum) and...
A long, narrow tube created by reducing the size of stomach vertically. This leaves approximately 15% of the stomach to act as a narrow pouch or tube which helps in early satiety with small amount of food, while the remainder of the stomach is separated...
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The laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery procedure involves placing an adjustable, inflatable silicone band around the upper part of the stomach. The technique makes the capacity of stomach smaller, thereby restricting the amount of food that can be eaten. Patients generally can return to work...
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Weight Loss Simplified Excess weight affects life and prevents us from enjoying day to day activities. It makes each day a weighty problem.Many conditions like hormonal imbalance, hereditary conditions, poor diet choices and lack of physical activity over a long period are responsible for weight gain...
On Aug 27th, 2014, Dr.Nandakishore Dukkipati, a Bariatric& Metabolic surgeon from Hyderabad, has been invited to demonstrate “Eroded Gastric Band Removal” and “Balloon Pull Back technique” at the XIX world congress of IFSO (International Federation for the surgery of obesity and metabolic disorders) held at...
Dr. Nandakishore Dukkipati,.a renowned Bariatric surgeon, attended as an invited faculty at the first ever international meet on Mini Gastric Bypass that was held at the Apollo, Delhi, on the 17th and 18th of July 2015. The faculty comprised senior Bariatric surgeons from India and...
The Indus Foundation’s Health-care Excellence Award for ‘Best Single Specialty Hospital’ went to Livlife, a comprehensive health-care provider based in Hyderabad. LivLife Hospitals has been recognized as an International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. It is the first centre of its kind...
