We are one of the leading bariatric surgery clinics for medical tourists in the European Union. We are proud of the fact that over 90 % of our patients come from the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and other countries.
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Regular price:
Get your surgery for free by claiming a refund from your local health board. We cooperate with HSE and other health boards across the EU to help our Irish and EU patients receive a refund for their weight loss surgery in Lithuania. The clinic helps with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad.
Please note that the price of the surgery itself is provisional and may be accurately assessed only after the evaluation of each individual case.
The default currency at our clinic is EUR, so if you were looking at prices in GBP it may vary depending on GBP / EUR exchange rate at the moment of payment.
Things to consider when choosing a clinic and surgeon abroad:
Book a consultation in London with Professor Maleckas on 22-23 April here.
Regular price:
Get your surgery for free by claiming a refund from your local health board. We cooperate with HSE and other health boards across the EU to help our Irish and EU patients receive a refund for their weight loss surgery in Lithuania. The clinic helps with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad.
Please note that the price of the surgery itself is provisional and may be accurately assessed only after the evaluation of each individual case.
The default currency at our clinic is EUR, so if you were looking at prices in GBP it may vary depending on GBP / EUR exchange rate at the moment of payment.
Things to consider when choosing a clinic and surgeon abroad:
One of the most experienced private bariatric clinic teams in Europe. More than 7.000 bariatric surgeries were performed by our surgeon to this date. A figure that no surgeon or clinic in a region can match.
The only clinic in Europe with a specially designed bariatric mobile app for patients after weight loss surgeries. Available in 6 languages on iOS as well as Android devices.
Get your surgery for free by claiming a refund from your local health board. The clinic helps patients with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad. It applies to patients who are insured under the systems of one of the EU countries and may not get the surgery due to long waiting times.
Nutrition is one of the main focus after weight loss surgery to maximize weight loss and prevent weight gain. We offer a dietitian who will talk with you about the diet you’ll need to follow after surgery, explaining what types of food and how much you can eat at each meal. Karolina is a dietitian and Nutrition Consultant with a degree in the medical field. Read more about her here.
Our team of 3 bariatric surgeons has 15-20 years of experience in the field in total performing over 500 different bariatric surgeries per year. Moreover, our surgeons are members of various prestigious surgical societies both Lithuanian and international. Our leading bariatric surgeon Dr Almantas Maleckas has performed more than 7.000 bariatric surgeries. He is fluent in four languages, among which English and Swedish. The surgeon has been regularly working in Sweden for over 15 years. Dr Maleckas is a pioneer of laparoscopic surgery in Eastern Europe and has trained many other bariatric surgeons in the region.
We are one of the leading bariatric surgery clinics for medical tourists in the European Union. We are proud of the fact that over 90 % of our patients come from the UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and other countries.
We are trusted by our patients and we appreciate all the reviews and feedback collected over the years. Find testimonials here or on Google.
Already more than 5.000 of our former, current and future patients joined our online community with the aim to build a space for opinions and mutual support. Members are welcome to share experiences about their visit to the clinic and to discuss all surgery-related matters.
We offer a 5-year follow-up which includes being able to get in touch with our Lithuanian dietitian Karolina. She is consulting patients after surgery and is available upon request to answer postoperative nutritional questions for five years after surgery.
Our clinic is the only clinic that has developed its own app designed specifically for bariatric patients – Bariatric IQ. The most useful feature of this app is special bariatric diet recommendations based on a particular product, a patient’s gender, time after surgery and other factors. Such a feature has not been replicated by any other bariatric apps in the world. Read more and download the app on your IOS or Android smartphone here.
Our clinic works according to the highest standards set by the European Union. This helps to guarantee the quality of medical services. We care about the safety, comfort and successful results of our patients from all over the world.
The clinic helps patients with the documents needed to claim a refund after following the EU directive route for medical treatment abroad. It applies to patients who are insured under the systems of one of the EU countries and may not get the surgery due to long waiting times.
We provide customer service in 9 foreign languages including English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Polish. Everyone in our clinic speaks English, including nurses, assistants and the surgeon.
Combining different plastic surgery procedures to offer optimal treatment for post-bariatric patients has been our plastic surgery department’s specialisation for many years now. We have performed such surgeries for more than 10.000 patients to this date. Since weight loss patients often require multiple surgical procedures to address excess skin, surgery planning and surgeons’ experience are very important. We carefully select patients, evaluate each case individually, and only agree to combine surgeries within health & safety limits. Our team of 9 plastic surgeons performs more than 3.000 plastic operations a year, a number that no other clinic in Central & Eastern Europe can match.
Going through a relapse is a possibility, even though not a common one, for patients who have gone through bariatric (also known as weight loss) surgery. Such cases require weight loss revision surgery to help patients either lose weight again or fix any other associated issues. There are multiple factors that may contribute to one putting the weight back on, including changes in attitudes and habits, anatomical reasons (such as one’s stomach stretching out) or specific instances of the bariatric technique losing its effect over time. Additionally, it may simply be a case of the patient’s body not responding well to the treatment. Nonetheless, sometimes revision surgery is performed due to medical complications rather than putting the weight back on: the formation of ulcers, scar tissue or problems with absorbing nutrients.
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One of the most frequently revised bariatric surgeries is a gastric band (or a lap band), which is a way of restricting food intake by placing an adjustable silicone band around the top of the stomach. This technique reached its peak popularity a few years ago, leading to a number of patients now needing revision due to the gastric band loosening or even slipping (therefore causing unpleasant symptoms such as nausea and vomiting). In this case, revision surgery is done by way of converting to a sleeve gastrectomy (eliminating part of the stomach and shaping the rest into a tube – like structure) or a gastric bypass (forming a structure that lets food bypass most of the stomach and enter into the middle part of the small intestine). It is important to mention that the removal of the lap band itself is a vital step and should be done separately from the gastric sleeve or gastric bypass. This of course depends on the severity of the scarring and adhesions that may have developed because of the gastric band – therefore, it is usually advised to let the area heal before moving on to performing a sleeve or bypass a few months later.
Gastric sleeve revision surgery is either done due to the stomach expanding as time passes or due to the patient developing gastric reflux. There are three possible options for this patient group: conversion to a gastric bypass, conversion to a duodenal switch or redoing the gastric sleeve itself. Statistically conversion to bypass is the safest and most common option.
As with the gastric sleeve, stretching of the stomach pouch is one of the most common reasons to have revision surgery. In this case, there are four options available. The first one is placing a gastric band on the top part of the stomach to increase the restriction of food intake. Other options include a stapled reduction of the pouch (eliminating a part of the pouch and decreasing the size of the passageway to the intestines) or increase the bypass. The fourth alternative is endoscopic repair – the surgeon tightens the connection between the stomach and the intestines. However, this technique does not have a guarantee of long – lasting results.
For patients who have had gastric plication done and yet have not achieved satisfactory weight loss results or regain the weight, have two options: sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Besides noticing a lack of weight loss results, there are specific reasons for weight loss surgery revision:
In addition to indications for weight loss surgery revision, such factors as when and how the original surgery was performed and initial weight loss after the surgery are taken into account when deciding whether revision surgery is necessary.
A stay at the clinic is required after the surgery and can take up between 1 to 3 days. After leaving the clinic, you should expect to take at least a few weeks to recover and focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and habits. However, recovery time is individual and may vary with each case.
As with the original weight loss procedure, the results depend not only on the surgery itself, but on the patient’s commitment to changing or keeping up with healthy lifestyle habits, such as refraining from certain foods, avoiding binge – eating and maintaining exercise. There is a possibility to lose either more or less weight than after the initial bariatric surgery, hence it is important to stick to the healthy lifestyle and follow your surgeon’s recommendations carefully.