Bahamas Weight Loss Surgeon – Dr. Bernie Hanna
Dr. Bernie Hanna is a leading Bahamas weight loss surgeon who has helped numerous patients lose their excess pounds. Dr. Hanna understands that some people cannot achieve a healthy weight through diet and exercise alone. This is why he offers several highly effective bariatric surgery procedures, such as gastric sleeve and Lap Band in the Bahamas. These procedures allow obese men and women to lose a large amount of weight in a controlled, safe manner. The weight loss results are permanent as long as patients follow a sensible eating plan.
Dr. Hanna’s Bahamas office location allows patients to undergo weight loss surgery in a secluded, tranquil location. His Bahamas bariatric surgery team can help you make the necessary travel arrangements so that all you have to do is relax and enjoy your weight loss journey. By combining your bariatric surgery treatment with a restful vacation in the Bahamas, you can return home refreshed and ready to see the pounds melt away.
Dr. Hanna has completed many years of training in the United States and has performed numerous weight loss surgery procedures. He applies his vast knowledge and surgical skill to every treatment — an approach that allows Dr. Hanna to deliver excellent results for his Bahamas weight loss surgery patients. As a dedicated surgeon, Dr. Hanna takes great satisfaction in seeing his patients realize their dreams of slender, harmonious body contours and improved health.
About the Practice
Procedure description:
The Gastric Band is a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure that takes about 30 minutes to perform. An adjustable gastric band is wrapped around the upper part of the stomach dividing it into a small upper pouch that holds about ½ cup of food, and a larger lower stomach.
How it works:
By creating a smaller stomach pouch, the Band limits the amount of food that one eats at any one time. This allows you to feel full sooner and stay full longer feeling satisfied. The degree of Band tightness affects how much food you can eat and the length of time it takes for food to leave the stomach which allows you to stay satisfied with a small amount for a longer period of time. As you eat less your body will store less calories and you will start burning fat for energy which increases the weight loss.
The Gastric Band is Reversible.
The Gastric Band is the least invasive safest procedure.
Procedure description:
The Gastric Sleeve/sleeve gastrectomy procedure is a minimally invasive procedure that takes less than an hour to perform.
In this procedure a thin vertical stomach is created into a narrow tube like a banana. The remaining stomach is removed.
How it works:
Sleeve Gastrectomy is a restrictive procedure that by creating a smaller stomach pouch, limits the amount of food that can be eaten at any one time. You feel full sooner and stay full longer. As you eat less food the body will stop storing excess calories and start using its fat supply for energy. In addition by removing a part of the stomach we eliminate a portion of the hunger hormone Grehlin which causes a decrease in appetite. Food passes through the digestive tract in the usual order allowing for normal digestion.
Procedure description:
The Gastric Bypass is also done laparoscopically with small incisions. It is the most involved procedure and the oldest of the three procedures. In this procedure your surgeon creates a small stomach pouch and reattaches it to the small intestine which allows food to bypass a portion of the digestive tract.
How it works:
The Gastric Bypass limits the amount of food that can be eaten at any one time. You feel fuller sooner for a longer period of time. In addition by bypassing a portion of the intestine the body absorbs less calories. As you eat less food, and absorb fewer calories your body will stop storing excess calories and start using its fat supply for energy.
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