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Methods Of Performing Surgeries For Gastric Banding And Sleeve Gastrectomy

By Raymond Meyer


A bariatric surgery is one type of surgical operation that are often done on people who have obesity. The adjustable gastric band and the sleeve gastrectomy are two of the most common types of surgeries for weight loss. According to a research, these two procedures causes loss of weight in long term, recovery for diabetes, improvement of the factors in cardiovascular risks, and as well as to reduce mortality.

These procedures are only recommended to obese people who have at least 40 of their BMI or body mass index. These are also recommended for people with 35 of BMI and those who have some serious medical conditions like diabetes. So this means that any person who has a BMI of 30 or more may possibly undergo gastric banding and sleeve gastrectomy surgeries.

An adjustable gastric banding may sometimes be referred to as lap banding. In this method, a device made of silicone is positioned around the top portion of the stomach for treating obesity. And its main purpose is slowing food consumption, thus, will result to the reduction of the amount of food consumption.

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.

The sleeve gastrectomy is the other kind of surgical procedure where in weight loss is performed through removing large stomach parts near the curvature area. By this, the stomach size will be reduced for about 15 percent of normal size. And thus, resulting to a sleeve or tube like form.

The procedure is one option which is becoming very common to most people in New York. This involves the removal of stomach parts from antrum to fundus close to cardia. About 6 centimeters is being removed longitudinally. Approximately, 150 milliliters is the size of remaining stomach.

This surgery type may be applied to both the children and the adolescents. Studies have found out that it will cause a huge loss of weight to them between the ages 5 up to 21 years. This kind of surgery may cause some complications such as blood infections and clots, vomiting, esophageal pain, sleeve leaking, etc.




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