Methods Of Performing Surgeries For Gastric Banding And Sleeve Gastrectomy

By Raymond Meyer


The bariatric type of a surgical operation is being performed to obese people. The two methods for bariatric surgeries are sleeve gastrectomy and the adjustable gastric banding. Based on some research, the two procedures can cause not only a long term loss of weight but also recovering diabetes, improving the cardiovascular risk factors, and reducing the mortality.

These two procedures may only be recommended to people who are obese and have a body mass index or BMI of at least 40. And also, these are recommended to people that have a BMI of 35 and also to those who may have significant medical conditions such as diabetes. So it means that any patient that has more than 30 of BMI will automatically be a candidate for gastric banding and sleeve gastrectomy operations.

The adjustable gastric band is often called as the lap band. This is procedure where in there is a silicone device placed around the stomach, on its top portion in order to treat obesity. The main purpose of doing this is for slowing the consumption of food, and as a result, the amount of food that is consumed will be reduced.

An individual may achieve and sustain his or her weight loss. It is done by selecting the right healthy food options, food limit intake, reduce appetite, and also by the food progress from the top to he bottom portion of stomach digestion. However, this may only be applied for people who have tried proper diet and proper exercise before the surgery.

Based on some research, this type of procedure is not an option that seems to be very easy for people who suffer for being obese. And the reason is because of drastic steps that are performed and also, there is an involvement of severe pain and high risks unlike other procedures. But one advantage of this is it is least invasive and a patient stays only in hospitals for a few days only for recovery. Other advantages are lesser pain, smaller scars, and faster recovery.

And one last important advantage is not involving any staples, removing stomach parts, and also moving the intestines. And because materials are made biocompatible, the material can stay inside the body, causing not even a single harm. Not all the obese patients will be a candidate to this. People who have extreme obesity and those who undergone already an abdominal surgery are required to be in an open approach.

Another surgical method is sleeve gastrectomy where loss of weight is done by the removal of huge stomach parts along in the curvature. The result for this is reducing the normal stomach size by fifteen percent. And also, it results to a tube like or sleeve like structure.

This method type of weight loss is one of the very common options in New York. Parts of the stomach are removed longitudinally for about five to six centimeters from the antrum to the fundus near the cardia. Most often, the stomach size remaining approximately is about 150 milliliters.

This type of surgery can also be applied to both adolescents and children. According to some studies, it causes a large amount of weight loss to them when they reach the age of 5 to 21 years old. This surgery also causes complications like blood clots and infections, esophageal pain, vomiting, sleeve leaking, and many more.




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