Bariatric surgery - the best way to solve obesity problems at affordable price in Lithuania

Today, one of the most efficient and advanced ways to treat obesity is bariatric surgery. It is also an excellent solution for people who cannot lose a significant amount of weight with exercise and diet.

Gastric banding is the surgery performed on the stomach and it helps to reduce the patient's food intake. This surgical procedure requires just 1 day of inpatient treatment.

In this procedure, a hollow band made of special material is placed around the stomach near its upper part, creating a small pouch and a narrow passage into the larger lower part of the stomach. The band is then inflated with a solution. It can be tightened or loosened over time to change the size of the passage by increasing or decreasing the amount of solution.

As patients lose weight, their bands will need adjustments, or "fills," to ensure comfort and effectiveness. The gastric band is adjusted by introducing a saline solution into a small access port placed just under the skin. A specialized non-coring needle is used to avoid damage to the port membrane and prevent leakage.

  Fig. 1 Stomach banded with adjustable gastric band

If the surgeon has done a lot of these procedures, your surgery may take around 40-60 minutes.

After such surgery, when you eat, the small pouch will fill up quickly. You will feel full after eating just a small amount of food. The food in the small upper pouch will slowly pass into the main part of your stomach.

Therefore, the weight loss after this surgery is significant and long-term. After the surgery, the band should be adjusted for a few times during the period of 1 - 1.5 year

    Fig. 2 Adjustable gastric band

The average gastric banding patient loses from 500 grams to a kilogram (1-2 pounds) per week consistently, but heavier patients often lose faster in the beginning. This amounts to roughly 22 to 45 kilograms (48 to 99 pounds) in the first year for most band patients. It is important to keep in mind that while most of the gastric bypass patients drop the weight faster in the beginning, some studies have found that gastric banding patients will have the same percentage of excess weight loss and comparable ability to keep it off after 2-3 years. The procedure tends to encourage better eating habits which, in turn, helps in producing long term weight stability.

The surgery in Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Centre in Lithuania is performed by the experienced abdominal surgeon Prof. Hab. Dr. G. Brimas. His professional experience in abdominal surgery is over 13 years. Prof. Hab. Dr. G. Brimas has already performed over 700 bariatric operations; he is constantly publishing scientific articles on obesity surgery and other topics and is involved in public activities (a member of various European, Baltic and Lithuanian surgery associations).

Why Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Centre?

For 15 years now, we have been providing reliable medical assistance to Lithuanian residents and visitors alike. Being the country's leading private medical institution, within these years we have developed into a modern policlinic hospital that ensures comprehensive health care for its patients: the examination of a wide variety of health conditions; disease prevention and early diagnostics; consultations by physicians specializing in many different fields; the use of extensive laboratory and instrumental testing facilities; therapeutic and surgical treatments; rehabilitation, etc.

Surgery Centre

There are Inpatient and One-Day Surgery Departments at the MDGC Surgery Centre. Three operating rooms, the Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, and patient wards satisfy the highest standards in modern medicine. A professional team of experienced surgeons works there. Only attentive and well-qualified nurses take care of the patients. The Surgery Centre offers both traditional open operations and body-sparing endoscopic and laparoscopic operations.

Homely warmth in our wards

Even the slightest ailment causes stress, alarm and tension. The environment at the Medical Diagnostic Centre has therefore been developed to ensure that visitors feel safe and cosy in their own special rooms - just like at home. Patients receive round-the-clock care from highly skilled doctors and nurses.

Friendly personnel and wards that meet even the standards of top-class hotels create the right conditions for a speedy recovery.

Businesspeople who cannot afford to leave their work even for a day can make use of all modern communication tools. Almost all wards are single to ensure undisturbed recovery, communication with family and friends and, if necessary, taking care of urgent business.

Payment and insurance

The price of gastric banding operation is EUR 3,400.

We cooperate with a number of international health and life insurance companies. These companies cover the cost of services provided by the Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Centre to insured patients. More