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 laparoscopic adjustable gastric band or LAGB is commonly called as lap band. In this procedure, a silicone device will be placed around on the top part of the stomach for the treatment of obesity. The purpose if this is to slow the food consumption, thus, reducing the food amount to be consumed.

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.

According to some researches, this kind of surgery may not be a very easy option for people suffering from obesity. This is because it is a step which is very drastic and it also involves severe pain and risks just like any other types of surgical operations. However, it is less invasive and the person may only stay in the hospital for a short period of time after the operation. And other advantages of this is having smaller scars, faster recovery, and lesser pain compared to other procedures.

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 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 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.

The surgery are also applied to children and adolescents. Based on some studies, there is a large loss amount of weight in ages five to twenty one years. Complications may occur after conducting the surgery which include sleeve leaking, vomiting, esophageal pain, blood clots, blood infections, etc.




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