Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The Procedures In Gastric Banding And Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgeries

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 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 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.

A person can achieve and as well as sustain loss of weight. This can be done through limiting the food intake, choosing the right food options for the health, reducing appetite, and through the progress of food from its digestion from top to bottom portions. However, this method can be applied only to people who have done proper diet and exercise before 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.

One last advantage is it does not involve staples and removing some parts of the stomach and also, the intestines are not moved. And since the materials used are biocompatible, it can remain in the body without casing any harm. However, not all obese patients are candidates to this. Those who are extremely obese and who already have undergone abdominal surgeries may be required to have 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 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 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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