What do small incisions have to do with changing a lifetime of obesity?

If you are overweight by 100 pounds or more, Alvarado Hospital's Surgical Weight Reduction Program* offers a minimally invasive procedure that could help you lose this unhealthy weight.

It's called a Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. Simply stated, a gastric bypass is an operation that reduces the size of your stomach and redirects the intestine to achieve early fullness. A Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, which is just one surgical option available to you, is a technique that allows surgeons to operate through tiny incisions. Some typical advantages of laparoscopy are minimal scarring, shorter hospital stays and quicker recovery times than traditional surgery.

Surgery, or course, is only one part of our fourteen year-old program. We also provide specialized nursing care, nutritional counseling, long-term physician follow-up and monthly support groups in numerous cities.

We invite you to attend one of our free seminars, presented by one of our surgeons, to see what you can do to change your life.

For more information please call 1-800-Alvarado (800 258-2723) Open 24 hours/day.

*As each case is different and must be independently evaluated and managed, actual weight loss will vary.