Sunday, October 9, 2016

The Procedures In Gastric Banding And Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgeries

By Raymond Meyer


Bariatric surgery is a type of surgery which is usually performed to people that have obesity problems. There are two weight loss surgeries to be considered and these are the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. According to some researches, these procedures may cause a long term weight loss, diabetes recovery, improving the factors of cardiovascular risks, and also reducing 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.

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.

People may sustain and achieve weight loss. Sustaining and achieving it can be done through the reduction of appetite, proper selection of food healthy options, limitation of the food intake, and lastly is the progression of food when being digested from top to the bottom parts. However, methods like this may be done only for people doing the proper exercise and proper diet before having the operation.

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.

Lastly, not involving the removal of some stomach parts, movement of intestines, and involving staples is another important advantage of this method. Biocompatible materials are being used, thus, there will no harm when placed inside a persons body. Not all patients who are obese become automatically candidates for this. Those with extreme obesity and those having abdominal surgeries previously have some different kind of approach.

The laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is another surgical procedure for weight loss where in the stomach will be reduced by 15 percent of its size. This is done by removing a large part of the stomach in curvature areas. This would result to a tube or sleeve like form.

This type of procedure for loss of weight is a very common option in New York. In this procedure, there is a longitudinal removal of stomach parts in the antrum for about 5 to 6 centimeters to the fundus which is close to the cardia. The ideal size of the remaining stomach is approximately 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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