Morbid Obesity

Morbid obesity (or clinically severe obesity) is a biologically-based disease. And as with any serious disease, curing it requires medical attention. In these cases, surgical treatment offers, virtually, the only effective long-term method of weight control. In fact, according to scientifically published reports regarding morbid obesity, in 95% of cases, significant weight lost through non-surgical programs is regained within three to five years.

Our patient-focused approach in both gastric bypass surgery and gastric banding surgery produces stunning results. Our expert team of gastric bypass and gastric banding surgeons has earned Pacific Bariatric a reputation as a premier surgical weight loss program in relieving morbid obesity.

If you have had little or no success with diets and other non-surgical treatments, and fall within the range of acceptable operative risks, the NIH considers you an excellent candidate for gastric banding surgery and gastric bypass surgery to relieve morbid obesity. These surgeries are tools to assist you in achieving your weight loss goals. At Pacific Bariatric, we will do everything we can to help, but your long-term commitment will dictate how successful the process is.

As part of our program, you will experience some of these unique benefits:

• Superior surgery outcomes with lower complication and mortality rates

• Equipment that accommodates larger patients, including beds, gurneys, hover mats, tables and wheelchairs, scales and gowns

• Unique counseling throughout the process, including psychiatric and physical evaluations before the surgery, close attention from surgeons, and annual follow-ups

• A highly trained, respectful staff, an active support network, informational lectures and lifelong follow-up care

• And more!

In 2005, the Surgical Review Corp. of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) began a national review of bariatric surgery programs to find Centers of Excellence, where quality can be measured. This helps patients find bariatric surgery programs which have met strict criteria for safety, low complication rates, dedication to follow-up of their patients and documentation of high success rates. Pacific Bariatric Surgical Medical Group and Scripps Mercy Hospital received this prestigious distinction in October 2005. The honor is the result of years of dedicated service by our surgeons, nurses, bariatric staff and of course, our hospital. We know that when excellence such as this is achieved, patients of bariatric surgery are the ones who benefit.

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Are you a candidate for surgery? Find out with our BMI calculator.

BMI stands for Body Mass Index and is a ratio between weight and height. Use our BMI calculator to evaluate if you are at an unhealthy weight (given a certain height) and might be a candidate for bariatric surgery to relieve morbid obesity.