This procedure, also called Roux-en-Y surgery, helps you lose weight through restriction and malabsorption, which is when the body absorbs fewer calories and nutrients. After the surgery, you feel full sooner and eat less. You will need to take vitamins to supplement your diet.
Gastric sleeve surgery reduces the size of your stomach, restricting how much you can eat. As a result, you feel full quickly and eat less. Your body continues to absorb nutrients and vitamins as it did before.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) specializes in treating a variety of general orthopedic conditions. We help people of all ages overcome orthopedic issues and get moving again.
Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital is home to the largest pediatric surgery team in the region. We offer state-of-the-art care for routine surgical procedures and are on the leading edge in minimally invasive (small-scar) pediatric techniques.
Choosing your child’s health care provider is an important decision. Whether your child needs a checkup, vaccination or care for a chronic illness, our pediatricians and family medicine providers at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital are here for you. Count on us to help you raise healthy children.
When you choose the Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, you’re more than a number. We offer expert, personalized care for a wide range of routine and complex procedures, including hernia and weight-loss surgery. Get the expertise you need and the patient experience you deserve at every point in your care.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) offers genetics counseling for moms-to-be who are at risk or suspected of having an inherited chromosomal abnormality (also called a birth defect) or a baby born with an inherited disorder. Genetic counseling is an integral part of genetic testing and treatment.
Genetic testing for cancer uncovers your risk for developing hereditary cancer. Our cancer genetics experts explain what the results mean for your health. For people who have a cancer diagnosis, genetic testing allows us to tailor care in ways that have not previously been possible.