Surgical options for treating Morbid Obesity

General & GI Surgery

Our Team


Dr. Ravishankar B Sr. GI&Transplant Surgeon	Dr. T M Satish Sr. General Surgeon

Dr. Saurabh Misra Sr. General Surgeon	Dr. Hema T Sr. General Surgeon

Dr. C.Prashanth General Surgeon	Dr. Dinesh Kumar General Surgeon

Dr. Chidanand General Surgeon

The morbidly obese have to seriously consider surgery for reducing weight to avoid its ill effects. Surgery for Morbid Obesity is for the following situations

The person's BMI is over 37.5 kg/m², or is 32.5 kg/m² or higher and a serious medical problem (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, joint problems, reflux) that is made worse by obesity is present.
If it has not been possible to reduce or maintain weight under a medically supervised program.

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