Minimally Invasive Weight Loss Surgeries

Dr. Collier is a highly experienced weight loss surgeon, touting over 30 years of surgical mastery.  He advocates the most non-invasive approaches to weight loss, first and foremost by way of healthy eating and exercise and then as a last alternative, the most non-invasive surgical approaches possible.

Dr. Collier performs the following surgeries, which are among the least invasive of weight loss surgeries:

Lap-Band Surgery

This is the least invasive of all weight loss surgery procedures.  It is a restrictive procedure that helps you reduce the amount of food that you eat during and between meals.  An adjustable gastric band, or the Lap-Band, is placed across your stomach and the attached pouch, which can be inflated or deflated according to your individual needs, limits your stomach capacity.

Lap-Band Surgery uses the laparscopic surgical approach.  This type of surgery is performed with the aid of a miniature video camera inserted through tiny incisions so that there is no need for open surgery, which can cause more trauma to your body and can result in a longer recovery period.

Sleeve Gastrectomy

Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is a weight loss surgery that removes the stomach fundus area.  This area is directly connected to hunger because it’s where the appetite stimulant, Ghrelin is produced.   The weight loss procedure also involves removal of the stomach area that concentrates food storage.

This procedure was once simply the first stage of the gastric bypass surgery.  It was so effective, however, that in 2009 it was endorsed by the International Consensus Summit for Sleeve Gastrectomy as a stand-alone surgery.  It is less invasive than gastric bypass surgery while maintaining a high success rate.