Studies Conclude That Bariatric Surgery is an Excellent Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obesity increases the risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep disorder that interferes with breathing.  Gastric surgery for weight loss (bariatric surgery) is often recommended as treatment to help resolve these issues.  Here we describe the data from a 2013 … Continue reading Obstructive Sleep Apnea Frequently Resolves After Gastric Surgery for Weight Loss — Dr. Christine Ren-Fielding