Dr. Huacuz Bariatric Surgery Center has one of the top teams providing obesity surgery solutions nationwide with 8 years experience with the Lap Band Surgery procedure. We are dedicated to providing the experience necessary for the treatment and control of the obese patient with the Lap Band, Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy and Duodenal Switch procedures.

Lap Band Surgery is a weight-loss procedure where a prosthetic band is placed around the upper stomach, creating a small pouch that limits the amount of food the patient desires to eat. The procedure is performed with laparoscopic instruments, meaning the surgery is minimally invasive with relatively insignificant recovery times.

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery The restrictive portion of the surgery reduces the stomach along the greater curvature so that the volume is approximately one third to one fifth of the original capacity. Eliminates the portion of the stomach that produces the hormones that stimulates hunger (Ghrelin). Weight loss causes changes in appetite and energy expenditure that promote weight regain. Ghrelin is a hormone that increases food intake in rodents and humans. If circulating Ghrelin participates in the adaptive response to weight loss, its levels should rise with dieting. Because Ghrelin is produced primarily by the stomach.

Duodenal Switch Surgery (also known as Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch or the DS) procedure is a weight loss surgery that alters the gastrointestinal tract with two approaches: a restrictive aspect and a malabsortive aspect.

The malabsorptive portion of the surgery reroutes a lengthy portion of the small intestine, creating two separate pathways and one common pathway. The shorter of the two pathways, the digestive loop, takes food from the stomach to the large intestine. The much longer pathway, the bilio-pancreatic loop, carries bile from the liver to the common path. The common path, or common channel, is a stretch of small intestine usually 75-150 centimeters long in which the contents of the digestive path mix with the bile from the bilio-pancreatic loop before emptying into the large intestine. The objective of this arrangement is to reduce the amount of time the body has to capture calories from food in the small intestine and to selectively limit the absorption of fat.

Is important to let you know, Dr. Huacuz is the only Surgeon doing the Duodenal Switch done through Laparoscopic surgery in Mexico.

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• Personalized Attention.
• Highly qualified Multidisciplinary team.
• The most advanced technology.
• Care and understanding of our patients and their illness