Grupo HPA Saude

Portugal

Mainland

282 42 04 00

Madeira

Island

291 00 33 00

waiting times

Hospital Particular Alvor

00h03m

Medical Emergency

Hospital Particular Gambelas

00h13m

Medical Emergency

Madeira Medical Center

00h01m

Medical Emergency

  1. beginning
  2. Medical Specialties
  3. Obesity surgery

Obesity Surgery


The Private Hospital has been throughout its history been an advanced  health unit in the Algarve. Now it has decided to face  a new challenge: the  control of Morbid Obesity.

To achieve this objective, it has in its ranks some of the best clinical experts in this area, forming a multidisciplinary team able to respond with rigor and success to a condition as complex as OBESITY, highlighting the surgical team, for their expertise in laparoscopy.

Several surgical alternatives are possible  (gastric band, gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion), of these we can highlight two: the gastric band and gastric bypass, according to each individual patient’s profile and their individual wishes  after detailed information about the advantages and disadvantages of each procedure is provided.

Another  option is the placing of an intra-gastric balloon by the gastroenterologist team by endoscopy.

 

medical specialty available on the following units

Algarve

  • Hospital Particular do Algarve - Alvor
  • Hospital Particular do Algarve - Gambelas
  • Hospital São Gonçalo de Lagos
  • Centro Médico Internacional - VRSA
  • Clínica Particular do Algarve - Guia

Madeira

  • Hospital Particular da Madeira

doctors

Hospital Particular do Algarve - Alvor

Hospital Particular do Algarve - Gambelas

Hospital São Gonçalo de Lagos

Centro Médico Internacional - VRSA

Clínica Particular do Algarve - Guia

Hospital Particular da Madeira