Prisma Health Weight Management Institute – Powdersville

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

With this surgery, the stomach is stapled to make a smaller pouch, and part of the small intestine is bypassed causing you to absorb less of the food you eat. In addition, the body’s hormones that control appetite are altered, resulting in a decreased hunger sensation.  

Laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy

Sleeve gastrectomy surgery involves removing a substantial portion of the stomach so that patients feel full after smaller meals. Also, a hormone that is thought to be partially responsible for appetite is altered. These changes lead to increased weight loss.

All surgical options include the following:

• Comprehensive pre-surgical evaluations.
• Complete nutritional assessment and unlimited pre-surgery and post-surgery nutritional support from our experienced registered dietitian.
• Complete pre-surgery psychological evaluation and post-surgery psychological support.
• Weekly pre-surgery and post-surgery group support sessions run by the psychologist, a surgeon or a dietitian.

Revisional bariatric surgery:

Patients may experience the need for revisions or reversal of their original operation for a variety of reasons. This may include severe reflux, inadequate weight loss, or complications from the original surgery.  (Gastric banding is no longer offered as an option in this program)

Options for revisional or secondary surgeries may include:

• Gastric banding to a Roux-en-Y bypass
• Sleeve to bypass
• Gastric fistula repair
• Severe reflux after bariatric surgery:  
  • Conversion to bypass anatomy
  • Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation (LINX) for reflux
  • STRETTA for reflux

Prisma Health Nutrition Solutions experts can help you navigate long-term weight loss success using metabolic testing, nutrition education and other resources.

Learn more about Nutrition Solutions

We offer pre-surgery educational support groups and post-surgery support groups for patients and their primary support people.

Learn more about our weight loss surgery support group

Stretta Therapy

If you suffer from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), prescription medication may no longer help. If you don’t want to move forward with invasive surgical treatments, Stretta Therapy may be the right option for you.

Stretta is a non-surgical, outpatient procedure that treats the underlying cause of GERD – a weak muscle between the stomach and esophagus.

Stretta has been shown to:

• Significantly reduce GERD symptoms
• Eliminate or decrease medications
• Decrease acid exposure
• Improve quality of life

The LINX Reflux Management System

The LINX Reflux Management System is intended for patients diagnosed with GERD as defined by abnormal pH testing, and who are seeking an alternative to continuous acid suppression therapy. Benefits of LINX may include:

• Discharge within a day after surgery
• Faster recovery and return to normal diet
• Less invasive than standard surgical treatment for GERD
• Reduction or elimination of anti-reflux medications
• Reduction or elimination of heartburn and acid reflux