Restrictive/Malabsorptive Weight Loss Surgery - Obesity Surgery Guide

This category refers to procedures which adopt a two pronged attack. The first part, the ‘restrictive' element refers to the reduction of food intake. The second half, the ‘malabsorptive' element is where the body's ability to absorb calories and nutrients from food is affected. Where the consumption of food and calories absorbed are affected then weight will be lost.

There main procedures in this category are biliopancreatic diversion with or without duodenal switch (BPD) or (BPD/DS) and gastric bypass.