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If you have a BMI of 27+ you are eligible for an orientation meeting
If you have a BMI of 30+ you may qualify for bariatric surgery depending on the comorbidities that have developed
If you have a BMI of 35+ you will be eligible
Types of bariatric surgery
Gastric
sleeve
Expected excess weight loss:
60 - 70 %Average procedure time:
45 - 60 minutesAverage recovery time:
2 weeksGastric
bypass
Expected excess weight loss:
70 - 80 %Average procedure time:
120 minutesAverage recovery time:
3 weeksGastric
band
Expected excess weight loss:
30 %Average procedure time:
30 minutesAverage recovery time:
2 weeksNon-surgical weight loss treatment
Weight loss medication
Expected average weight loss:
10-15kg over six monthsAverage procedure time
/Average recovery time
/Allurion gastric balloon
Expected average weight loss:
10-15kg over four to six monthsAverage procedure time:
30 minutesAverage recovery time:
1 week
How does obesity harm you
Obesity isn't just a cosmetic worry. Research shows that obesity is often the cause of other challenges in life: low self-esteem, influence on the availability of job opportunities and challenges building a quality social life.
It increases your risk of other health problems, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, cancer, stroke and over 200 conditions.
High blood pressure
Heart disease
Diabetes
High cholesterol
Cancer
Stroke
Get to know
Obesity Surgery WAObesity Surgery WA is lead by Dr Harsha Chandraratna. Harsha was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Tasmania in 1974 and then to Perth in 1980. He went to high school here and graduated at UWA. He then began his surgical training and was made a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2001.
He undertook post-fellowship training in Perth and then in Leeds (UK) in Liver and Kidney Transplantation as well as Bariatric Surgery. He is currently a supervisor and a trainer for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a senior lecturer for Notre Dame University. He understands that there is more to surgery than just technical skills and hopefully that will become apparent to you when you meet him.
Dr Chandraratna understands the impact of obesity, and the steps that are involved when you embark on a weight loss journey involving surgery. He personally had sleeve gastrectomy surgery, which gives him a really deep level of understanding when he works with his patients on a daily basis.