Bariatric Surgery is a surgical procedure performed on the stomach or intestines to treat patient with extreme obesity and help them lose weight. This is an elective procedure for patients who cannot lose weight by any other means and are prone to serious health problems related to obesity. These procedures can be invasive or minimally invasive and are performed through open and laparoscopic treatment.
As per WHO, 39% of adult population (aged 18 years and above) were overweight in 2014, and 13% were obese. Obesity has received considerable attention as a major health hazard as it leads to adverse metabolic effects such as High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease and Ischemic stroke.
Body mass index (BMI) is a simple method of calculating weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify adults as underweight normal weight, overweight, and obese. As per WHO, any person with a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obese.
Bariatric Surgery procedures are widely accepted across the globe and due to a number of factors, such as increase in the prevalence of obesity, awareness among the obese patients, and increase in the number of surgeons trained in advance surgical techniques, this market is expected to grow at a higher rate during the forecast period.
Bariatric Surgery Devices Market: Drivers & Restraints
Obesity represents a tremendous cost burden in the healthcare system around the world. With technological advancement and improved treatment for obesity, there is a rapid increase in obese population to choose Bariatric surgery as an ideal method of treatment. Due to the increase in demand of such procedures, specialized devices have been introduced in the market. With the introduction of minimally invasive Gastric Banding System along with the conventional technique such as Stapling Devices and Gastric Balloons, the market is...