Surgical Weight-Loss Guides
Explore 9 guides covering bariatric procedures, costs, revisions, and post-operative follow-up. Use them to find a starting point and prepare questions for your care team.
This directory provides general information, not an assessment of your eligibility or a recommendation for a procedure. Discuss treatment choices and follow-up needs with a qualified care team that knows your health history.
Browse surgical weight-loss guides
- Bariatric Surgery Overview
Bariatric surgery — sleeve, bypass, revision — delivers the largest, most durable weight loss when meds aren't enough. Who qualifies and what it costs.
- Bariatric Surgery Types Compared (2026): Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve vs Band vs ESG
Side-by-side comparison of gastric bypass, sleeve, band, ESG, balloon, and revision — typical 1-year weight loss ranges from 10% to 30% of total body weight, with reversibility, recovery time, and cost.
- Bariatric Surgery Cost and Insurance Coverage: What Weight Loss Surgery Really Costs
What gastric bypass, sleeve, band, ESG, and gastric balloon actually cost in the U.S. — self-pay ranges, what insurance covers, BMI requirements, the approval timeline, and how to handle a denial.
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
Learn how Roux-en-Y gastric bypass works, who it is for, and what to expect before and after surgery.
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
Sleeve gastrectomy removes about 80% of the stomach, produces roughly 25% total-body-weight loss at one year, and works partly by dropping the hunger hormone ghrelin — here's who qualifies, what recovery looks like, and how it compares to gastric bypass and GLP-1 medications.
- Adjustable Gastric Banding in 2026: Cost, Results, and Removal Options
How the adjustable gastric band (lap band) works in 2026: typical 15–20% weight loss, cost, insurance, side-by-side comparison with sleeve and bypass, and what to do if you already have one.
- Bariatric Surgery Revision
Bariatric surgery revision is a second procedure done for inadequate weight loss, regain, or complications like severe reflux — it carries higher risk than a first surgery, so most 2026 protocols try GLP-1 medications, behavioral therapy, or endoscopic options before returning to the OR.
- Dumping Syndrome After Bariatric Surgery: Early, Late, and What Helps
Early dumping is sweats and cramps after meals. Late dumping is hypoglycemia 1–3 hours later. The honest food, drug, and re-operation picture.
- Bariatric Post-Op Vitamin & Nutrition Protocol Guide
Bariatric post-op vitamin and nutrition protocol with lifetime supplements, procedure-specific doses, and clinician-guided lab monitoring plans.