What kinds of health problems can bariatric surgery solve? So many that it is also referred as metabolic surgery, according to Dr. Luciano Fiszer, General, Reflux and Bariatric Surgery Specialist at Elite Surgical Miami, who adds that these treatments will help with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, reflux, back and knee pain as a result of the dramatic weight loss treatment. Dr. Fiszer explains who the right candidate for gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, or the lap band would be; and he highlights each of those options.