Modern bariatric surgery, incl. gastric balloon

Obesity is the new pandemic. Nearly half of the world’s population is overweight and around 25% are obese.

Many other comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, fatty liver disease, reflux, or sleep apnea are closely associated with obesity. There is a big need to perform an appropriate diagnostic work up and finally to create an individualized therapeutical approach. Whenever possible patients should refer to specialized centers which are dealing with obesity and its comorbidities. 

In our excellence center for obesity and metabolic diseases, which is localized at the University of Freiburg we treat more than 3000 patients with obesity a year. We do not only perform conservative therapeutical approaches such as dietitian counseling, psychological therapy, modern medical therapy and all standard bariatric and metabolic surgical procedures. Many different disciplines are involved in the treatment of our patients in order to get an individualized therapy. Beyond conservative options some patients need primary medical therapy, other primary bariatric procedures, in some cases medical therapy before or even after bariatric procedures is needed to get the best success in long-term for all of our patients.

Especially for those patients who have underground a bariatric or metabolic procedure elsewhere and face different problems (postprandial pain, reflux, heartburn, dumping syndrome, etc.) and thus have a reduced life quality we strongly recommend refer to our excellence center for a differentiated diagnostic and therapeutic approach. Functional problems have to be addressed properly and need the environment of a specialized center.

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us! Prior to coming to Freiburg and visit us in our ambulance we can also meet during a video consultation to get a first overview and plan the further approach.