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For anyone who has considered a weight loss program, there is certainly no shortage of choices. Presbyterian offers options ranging from nutrition and exercise consultations to bariatic surgery and will help you decide which option is best for you.

Attend a Surgical Solutions Seminar

Attending a Surgical Solutions seminar is one of the best ways to determine if you are a candidate for weight loss surgery. To register now, call 704-384-CARE (2273).

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The Presbyterian Bariatric Center is nationally recognized for quality care. We have achieved Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The Center has also been named a Center of Excellence by OptumHealth Care Solutions for combining superior clincial care with excellent patient support. In addition to surgical weight loss, we offer a full range of non-surgical weight management options.

Through a comprehensive team approach, our patients receive personalized care from board-certified surgeons, nutritionists, psychologists and weight loss navigators working together to develop a weight loss plan that fits their needs.
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Support Group Meetings

A support group is a group of people with common experiences and concerns who provide emotional and moral support for one another.

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Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy

This procedure generates weight loss solely through gastric restriction (reduced stomach volume). The stomach is restricted by stapling and dividing it vertically and removing more than 85% of it. This part of the procedure is not reversible. The stomach that remains is shaped like a very slim banana and measures from 1-5 ounces, depending on the surgeon performing the procedure. The nerves to the stomach and the outlet valve (pylorus) remain intact with the idea of preserving the functions of the stomach while drastically reducing the volume.

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Revisional Weight Loss Surgery

Patients who have had weight loss surgery in the past may require other procedures to correct the complications or undo the ill effects of their original operation. These types of operations are called revisional weight loss surgical procedures.

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Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery (also known as minimally invasive surgery) is performed through multiple small incisions (1/4" to 1/2" long) using specially designed surgical instruments and viewed through a laparoscope, or surgical telescope.

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Weight Loss Navigator

A specially trained registered nurse will walk you through each step of the bariatric surgery process. From helping you find the doctor that best suits your needs to providing helpful nutritional advice after surgery, your navigator will be with you throughout your journey.

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Pedometers

A device that counts the number of strides taken by the wearer by responding to the impact of the wearer's steps.

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Exercise Consult

Individualized consults with a cardiovascular lifestyle specialist. Patients will receive assistance developing a healthy, individualized exercise program.

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Weight Loss Surgery Education

Information sessions to help you understand the criteria for weight loss surgery and each surgical technique, what to expect during your stay at the hospital, and what lifestyle changes to expect after surgery to achieve and maintain weight loss success.

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Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB), the most commonly performed bariatric procedure, is both malabsorptive and restrictive. The procedure involves stapling the stomach to create a small pouch that holds less food and then shaping a portion of the small intestine into a "Y." The "Y" portion of intestine is then connected to the stomach pouch so that when food is being digested it travels directly into the lower part of the small intestine, bypassing the first part of the small intestine (called the duodenum) and the first part of the second section of the small intestine (called the jejunum). The effect of bypassing these sections of the intestine is to restrict the amount of calories and nutrients that are absorbed into the body.

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (AGB) involves attaching an inflatable band around the top portion of the stomach and tightening it like a belt to form a small pouch that serves as a new, much smaller stomach. After the procedure, the diameter of the band around the stomach can be adjusted by a physician by adding or removing saline (salt water).

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Lap Adjustable Gastric Banding

The lap adjustable gastric band is the least invasive of all operations to reduce the size of the stomach. Sometimes referred to as "banding," the procedure uses an adjustable silicon ring, or Lap Band, which is placed around the stomach and tightened or loosened to control food capacity and appetite.

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Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch

This procedure is a variation of Biliopancreatic Diversion (BPD) in which stomach removal is restricted to the outer margin, leaving a sleeve of stomach with the pylorus and the beginning of the duodenum at its end. The duodenum, the first portion of the small intestine, is divided so that pancreatic and bile drainage is bypassed. The near end of the "alimentary limb" is then attached to the beginning of the duodenum, while the "common limb" is created in the same way as in BPD.

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Weight Loss Consult

Individualized consults with a cardiovascular lifestyle specialist. Patients will receive assistance developing a healthy, individualized weight loss program.

 

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InnerAction!

InnerAction! is a brand new youth weight management program. Our team will help youth lose weight the healthy way. We'll teach them how to exercise--and that exercise is fun! Plus, they'll learn that there are smart foods out there that taste great, too. This interactive program will help them build their self-esteem, so they'll look better and feel better, inside and out!

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Take Off a Ton in Ten Weeks

Using proven weight loss strategies, a team of lifestyle specialists will help you succeed. The team includes a dietitian, nurses and exercise physiologists who will help you focus on balancing stress in your life and exercising properly. Plus, we'll help improve your decision-making skills for choosing meals and snacks--whether you are at home or out on the town.

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Nutrition Counseling

Developing a heart-healthy eating plan can help you reduce your cholesterol and maintain a healthy body weight, both of which are important in the prevention of heart disease. Nutrition counseling provides individual consultations with a nutritionist designed to create a healthy eating plan that is right for you. The nutritionist will review your blood lipid profile, discuss your current eating patterns and provide you with educational materials on foods that will lower your cardiovascular disease risk.

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Biopsy

A biopsy is a procedure in which tissue samples are removed (with a needle or during surgery) from the body for examination under a microscope; to determine if cancer or other abnormal cells are present.

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Presbyterian Bariatric & General Surgery Ballantyne

Suite 260
15825 John J. Delaney Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277
704-316-7740

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Presbyterian Bariatric Center Matthews

Located at Presbyterian Hospital Matthews:
1500 Matthews Township Parkway
Matthews, NC 28105
704-316-8000

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Southeast Bariatrics

2300 Randolph Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28207
704-316-7760

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Presbyterian Bariatric & General Surgery Matthews

Located at Presbyterian Hospital Matthews Medical Office Building:
Suite 110
1450 Matthews Parkway
Matthews, NC 28105
704-316-7740

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Presbyterian Bariatric Center

Suite B
2300 Randolph Road
Charlotte, NC 28207
(704) 316-8000

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Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville

10030 Gilead Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
704-316-4000

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Presbyterian Novant Heart & Wellness

Suite 200
125 Baldwin Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-384-5043

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Presbyterian Hospital Matthews

1500 Matthews Township Parkway
Matthews, NC 28105
704-384-6500

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200 Hawthorne Lane
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-384-4000

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