What does a Bariatric Surgeon do?

Bariatric surgery is on the stomach or intestines to help a person with extreme obesity lose weight. These surgeries are also commonly known as weight lose surgery.

Which tests/ investigations are generally required by the obesity & bariatric Surgeon?

The patients are required to undergo blood test to determine sugar levels, cholesterol levels, thyroid, kidney and liver function test.

What is the minimum age and weight for the bariatric surgery?

Age should be between 16 and 70 year and morbidly obese (weighing at least 100 pounds over your ideal body weight and having a BMI of 40).

How much weight do you lose in the first month after the gastric bypass surgery?

Patient is expected to lose about 80% of the excess fat over a period of 6 months from the surgery.

Is bariatric surgery painful?

Tha patient will experience some discomfort not pain.

Dr Vikas Singhal , Obesity and Bariatric Surgeon in Gurgaon, India - Appointment

About Dr Vikas Singhal

Dr Vikas Singhal is a well-known Bariatric Surgeon in Gurgaon.
With an experience of over 13+years, he has worked with some of the finest colleges in India & Abroad.
Dr Singhal has completed his MBBS from the prestigious Maulana Medical College. Following which he did his MRCS from Glasgow and Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic GI & Bariatric Surgery from University Hospitals Cleveland, USA.
Dr Vikas Singhal is an American Board of Surgery certified surgeon and also certified from American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
He has several peer-reviewed indexed publications in GI surgery in international journals and has been awarded the best paper award by the Journal of GI Surgery and Society of Surgeons of the Alimentary tract, USA.
He is an active member of some of the eminent organisation like American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Society of American Gastroenterological & Endoscopic Surgeon (SAGES), and Society for Surgeons of Alimentary Tract (SSAT), and American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Dr Vikas Singhal has his expertise in newer laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures for reflux disease, and complex hernia surgery including component separation techniques.