Obesity surgical treatment is carried out at Sourasky (Ichilov) Internal Medicine Division. The Hospital is included in the top list of weight loss surgery centers. Absorption and Nutrition Laboratories work on the basis of the Hospital. In the labs, Ichilov specialists research the new effective therapy methods of morbid obesity.
Sourasky doctors treat patients according to multidisciplinary programs. They include nutritional diagnostics, physical activity, drugs prescription (if needed), and bariatric surgery. The method of stomach reduction is determined according to patient’s preferences. Gastric balloon is the most common metabolic operation performed at Ichilov Bariatric Treatment Center.