Specialty and country guide
Bariatric and metabolic surgery treats selected patients with obesity and related metabolic disease through procedures that alter stomach capacity, intestinal flow or both. Selection requires body-mass and comorbidity assessment, previous weight treatment, nutrition and psychological review, anaesthetic risk and commitment to lifelong follow-up.
Specialty overview
Bariatric and metabolic surgery treats selected patients with obesity and related metabolic disease through procedures that alter stomach capacity, intestinal flow or both. Selection requires body-mass and comorbidity assessment, previous weight treatment, nutrition and psychological review, anaesthetic risk and commitment to lifelong follow-up.
A specialty label is not a treatment recommendation. Safe planning requires weight history and obesity-related disease, nutrition, eating behaviour and psychological readiness, reflux, previous abdominal surgery and long-term follow-up capacity. The named bariatric surgeon must review original records and explain alternatives, material risks, expected recovery and follow-up before travel or cost is finalized.
The directory below uses current catalog relationships for 11 metabolic operations. It does not rank clinicians or guarantee that every service is available at every campus. GAF confirms the doctor, hospital, clinical scope and written estimate for an individual case.
Clinical scope
A specialty can have diagnostic, medical, procedural, supportive or palliative roles. A diagnosis alone does not establish that any listed metabolic operation is appropriate.
The appropriate metabolic operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y), Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB), Gastric Balloon
The appropriate metabolic operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y), Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB), Gastric Balloon
The appropriate metabolic operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y), Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB), Gastric Balloon
metabolic operations
The 11 current metabolic operation records in India are grouped by clinical approach. Every link opens a separate cost guide; a service or platform name is not a treatment recommendation.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
Sleeve gastrectomy removes much of the greater-curvature stomach and leaves a narrow gastric tube without rerouting the intestine.
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass creates a small stomach pouch and connects it to a Roux limb of small bowel while digestive juices meet food farther downstream.
One-anastomosis gastric bypass creates a long gastric pouch joined to a loop of small bowel, producing restriction and intestinal bypass through one gastrojejunal connection.
Metabolic surgery uses a selected bariatric operation—commonly sleeve or gastric bypass—to alter gastrointestinal anatomy as part of type 2 diabetes and obesity care.
Gastric sleeve revision re-operates on a prior sleeve to address a defined problem such as severe reflux, stenosis, twisting, dilation, fistula or clinically important recurrence after reassessment.
SADI-S combines a sleeve stomach with division just beyond the pylorus and one duodeno-ileal anastomosis, leaving a shortened common channel for nutrient absorption.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
A gastric balloon is a temporary space-occupying device placed in the stomach endoscopically or, for selected products, swallowed and then filled under the product protocol.
BPD/DS combines sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal division and two bowel connections that separate food from biliopancreatic secretions until a short common channel.
Adjustable gastric banding places an inflatable silicone band around the upper stomach and connects it to a subcutaneous port for later fluid adjustments.
Gastric band removal explants the adjustable band, tubing and port from previously operated anatomy, with additional repair guided by slippage, erosion, scarring or infection.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
Compare
These are current GAF catalog planning ranges, separated by compatible billing basis. A cycle, course, operation, test and treatment programme are not interchangeable units.
Per named procedure and stated admission
Compare only estimates that name the same clinical scope, technique, devices, admission, monitoring and exclusions.
Per diagnostic or assessment episode
Compare only estimates that name the same clinical scope, technique, devices, admission, monitoring and exclusions.
| metabolic operation | What it is used for | Typical operation or stay | Pricing basis | GAF India planning range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeve Gastrectomy | Sleeve gastrectomy removes much of the greater-curvature stomach and leaves a narrow gastric tube without rerouting the intestine. | 2–5 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $4,500–$8,500 | View metabolic operation |
| Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) | Roux-en-Y gastric bypass creates a small stomach pouch and connects it to a Roux limb of small bowel while digestive juices meet food farther downstream. | 3–6 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $6,000–$11,000 | View metabolic operation |
| Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB) | One-anastomosis gastric bypass creates a long gastric pouch joined to a loop of small bowel, producing restriction and intestinal bypass through one gastrojejunal connection. | 3–6 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $5,500–$10,000 | View metabolic operation |
| Gastric Balloon | A gastric balloon is a temporary space-occupying device placed in the stomach endoscopically or, for selected products, swallowed and then filled under the product protocol. | Day-care or overnight | Per named procedure and stated admission | $2,000–$4,500 | View metabolic operation |
| Metabolic Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes | Metabolic surgery uses a selected bariatric operation—commonly sleeve or gastric bypass—to alter gastrointestinal anatomy as part of type 2 diabetes and obesity care. | 3–7 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $6,000–$12,000 | View metabolic operation |
| Gastric Sleeve Revision Surgery | Gastric sleeve revision re-operates on a prior sleeve to address a defined problem such as severe reflux, stenosis, twisting, dilation, fistula or clinically important recurrence after reassessment. | 3–7 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $7,000–$14,000 | View metabolic operation |
| SADI-S Surgery | SADI-S combines a sleeve stomach with division just beyond the pylorus and one duodeno-ileal anastomosis, leaving a shortened common channel for nutrient absorption. | 4–8 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $8,000–$16,000 | View metabolic operation |
| Duodenal Switch (BPD/DS) | BPD/DS combines sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal division and two bowel connections that separate food from biliopancreatic secretions until a short common channel. | 5–10 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $9,000–$18,000 | View metabolic operation |
| Gastric Banding (Lap-Band) | Adjustable gastric banding places an inflatable silicone band around the upper stomach and connects it to a subcutaneous port for later fluid adjustments. | 1–3 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $3,500–$7,500 | View metabolic operation |
| Gastric Band Removal | Gastric band removal explants the adjustable band, tubing and port from previously operated anatomy, with additional repair guided by slippage, erosion, scarring or infection. | 1–3 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $2,200–$5,500 | View metabolic operation |
| Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) | Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty uses full-thickness internal sutures to fold the stomach into a narrower tubular shape without removing stomach or making abdominal incisions. | 1–3 nights | Per diagnostic or assessment episode | $4,500–$9,000 | View metabolic operation |
Indicative planning ranges, not guaranteed hospital quotations. The treating team confirms the clinical scope, billing basis, schedule, admission, monitoring and exclusions after review.
Clinical decisions
Selection begins with a confirmed diagnosis and a precise clinical question. Review includes weight history and obesity-related disease and nutrition, eating behaviour and psychological readiness. A procedure name or scan finding alone is not enough to establish suitability.
The treating team considers reflux, previous abdominal surgery and long-term follow-up capacity, current symptoms, medicines, previous treatment, comorbidities and the patient’s goals. Urgent or unstable illness may make travel inappropriate.
Alternatives and sequencing must be explicit. The specialist should explain why the proposed metabolic operation is preferred, what result is expected to change care, and how recovery and follow-up will continue after the patient returns home.
Treatment pathway
This specialty-specific pathway is configured from approved editorial content. The exact sequence changes with the diagnosis, selected metabolic operation and patient factors.
The bariatric surgeon reviews the diagnosis, prior treatment, current symptoms and original imaging or test material.
The team confirms weight history and obesity-related disease, nutrition, eating behaviour and psychological readiness, reflux, previous abdominal surgery and long-term follow-up capacity and identifies missing investigations or urgent risks.
Reasonable non-procedural, procedural and staged alternatives are compared with expected benefit and material risk.
The written plan identifies the exact metabolic operation, technique, responsible clinician, campus and anticipated schedule.
Anaesthetic, medicine, infection, bleeding, organ-function and support requirements are checked as relevant.
The named team delivers care with procedure-specific safety checks and escalation arrangements.
The patient receives records, warning signs, medicine instructions, pending-result ownership and a follow-up plan.
Cost planning
Costs are shown by 2 compatible pricing bases rather than one misleading specialty-wide range. A personalized estimate follows medical-record review.
A bariatric surgery estimate is useful only when its billing basis and clinical scope are stated. Important scope includes the exact primary or revision operation; stapling devices, anaesthesia, leak assessment, ward stay and nutritional follow-up. Unlike units must not be combined into one specialty average.
The written estimate should separate the named procedure or course from tests, professional fees, devices, medicines, pathology, ward care, intensive care and follow-up. Optional or complication-triggered charges should remain separate.
Catalog ranges are planning figures, not hospital quotations. The final amount can change after record review, examination, additional testing or a change in technique, device, duration or admission.
Technology
This list is derived from procedure relationships; it is not a hospital machine inventory. Technology availability must be confirmed for a named campus and treatment date.
What it is
The equipment, imaging, laboratory, anaesthetic and recovery resources required for the selected metabolic operation.
Why it may be used
Availability must be confirmed for the named procedure, clinician, campus and treatment date rather than inferred from a hospital specialty label.
Sleeve Gastrectomy · Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) · Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB) · Gastric Balloon · Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) · Metabolic Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes · Gastric Sleeve Revision Surgery · SADI-S Surgery · Duodenal Switch (BPD/DS) · Gastric Banding (Lap-Band) · Gastric Band Removal
Cities
Cities appear only where current catalog relationships contain relevant hospitals, doctors and procedures. Counts update from the live data layer.
Hospitals
11 hospitals currently meet the India and Bariatric Surgery relationship filters. Cards show stored CMS information, not a ranking or universal capability claim.
JCI Accredited
NABH Accredited
NABL Accredited6 listed doctors for Bariatric Surgery
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited5 listed doctors for Bariatric Surgery
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL Accredited5 listed doctors for Bariatric Surgery
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL Accredited4 listed doctors for Bariatric Surgery
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited3 listed doctors for Bariatric Surgery
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL Accredited2 listed doctors for Bariatric Surgery
Languages listed: English, Hindi
Specialists
30 doctor records meet the India and Bariatric Surgery relationship filters across 11 related hospitals. Profile facts come from the existing CMS; ordering is not a ranking.
Bariatric Surgery
40+ years Experience
Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery · Robotic Bariatric Surgery · Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y)
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
40+ years Experience
Sleeve Gastrectomy · Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) · Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB)
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
30+ years Experience
Robotic Bariatric Surgery · Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery · Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectom…
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
21+ years Experience
Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectom… · Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) · Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB)
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
45+ years Experience
Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) · Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectom… · Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB)
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
35+ years Experience
Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery · Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectom… · Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y)
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
27+ years Experience
Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectom… · Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) · Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB)
English, Hindi
Bariatric Surgery
36+ years Experience
Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) · Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectom… · Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB)
English, Hindi
International patients
Send the listed records before travel so a named bariatric surgeon can determine whether remote review is sufficient or further assessment is required. A preliminary opinion is not final clearance for treatment or flying.
Confirm the exact campus, clinician, procedure scope, estimate assumptions, expected stay, attendant needs and emergency arrangements before booking travel. Keep flights and lodging flexible until the clinical plan is accepted.
Before departure, obtain procedure and discharge records, pathology or test results, device details where relevant, medicine changes, warning signs and named contacts for pending results and follow-up at home.
Stay varies across the listed metabolic operations; use the procedure row as planning guidance rather than a promise. The treating team decides observation, admission and fitness to fly after reviewing clinical risk and recovery.
International patients should allow time for assessment, pending results and an early review. A changed plan, complication or need for rehabilitation can extend the stay, so flexible travel arrangements are safer than a fixed departure immediately after treatment.
Depending on the condition, the treating team may request:
India has GAF-linked bariatric surgeons and hospitals across several cities. Compare a named clinician, campus and complete clinical scope rather than assuming all hospitals offer every metabolic operation.
Compare like-for-like billing units, technique, devices, tests, admission, follow-up and exclusions. Travel cost and a headline procedure range should not outweigh clinical suitability, urgency or continuity of care.
Questions
A bariatric surgeon evaluates the relevant diagnosis, explains treatment options and coordinates procedure-specific assessment, delivery and follow-up.
Selection depends on weight history and obesity-related disease, nutrition, eating behaviour and psychological readiness, reflux, previous abdominal surgery and long-term follow-up capacity, prior treatment, current health, alternatives and the patient’s goals.
The table shows planning ranges by compatible billing basis. A personalized written estimate is required because one specialty average would combine unlike scopes.
Only items expressly named in the estimate are included. Confirm imaging, pathology, laboratory work, medicines, implants, disposables and monitoring.
The page lists catalog-connected bariatric surgeons. It is not a ranking, and the named clinician must accept and review the case.
Hospitals require a matching specialist relationship for this page. Confirm the exact procedure, clinician, campus, equipment and date directly.
Records commonly include Weight, height and longitudinal weight history, Diabetes, sleep-apnoea, liver and cardiovascular assessments, Nutrition and psychological evaluations, plus current clinical notes and medicines.
Records can support a preliminary opinion, but final suitability may require examination, updated tests and review by the treating and anaesthesia teams.
Use each procedure’s typical operation or stay as guidance. Recovery, results, complications and fitness to fly can change the plan.
Often, if the treating and home teams agree on records, medicines, warning signs, pending results and responsibility for follow-up.
No. A catalog relationship does not guarantee acceptance, equipment, scheduling or procedure availability at every campus.
No. Expected benefits and risks are individual, and no clinician or facilitator can guarantee an outcome.
Medical information notice: This page provides general educational and travel-planning information. GAF catalog ranges are indicative planning figures, not quotations, recommendations or promises of availability or outcome. Diagnosis, selection, technique, risks, recovery and fitness to travel must be decided by a qualified bariatric surgeon and relevant multidisciplinary clinicians after reviewing the patient and complete records.
Last medically reviewed: 2026-09-14 by Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary. Content curated by Dr. Shabnam Choudhary.
Dr. Shabnam Choudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She contributes to the curation and development of medically informative healthcare content, helping ensure that information is structured clearly and presented in a patient-friendly manner.
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Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She provides medical review of healthcare content to help ensure that clinical information is accurate, understandable, and appropriately presented for patients and their families.
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Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
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