The gastric sleeve surgery is a bariatric surgery in which a large part of the gastric is surgically removed to minimize food intake for weight loss. Systemically, all organs, especially the digestive system, are in the form of a long thin tube. The only organ with a different shape in this system is the gastric. Because the gastric is in the form of a sac instead of a tube to store nutrition. With the gastric sleeve surgery, 80% of the gastric is removed and shaped into a tube or banana.
Shrinking your gastric is a simple way to restrict your food intake. It makes you feel full faster. It reduces the amount of hunger hormones. This helps curb your appetite and cravings and can help ward off the urges that cause people to regain the weight they’ve lost.
The gastric sleeve surgery is a surgical operation performed under general anaesthesia and closed by the laparoscopic method. The process is completed by determining the number of incisions (1 or 4-5) according to the patient’s body. Because these laparoscopic incisions are so tiny, they don’t leave scars. In order not to reduce the gastric too much during gastric reduction surgery, a calibration tube is placed at the gastric inlet, equal to the diameter of the oesophagus. The gastric is cut from length. After the procedure is completed, the calibration tube placed in the gastric entrance is removed. Thus, the gastric is reduced to be the continuation of the oesophagus. The surgery takes about an hour and a half. General anaesthesia is applied during the operation, and the patient feels no pain. The gastric surgery is performed closed and laparoscopically. It is performed without cutting the abdominal muscles and membranes. So, after the operation, the patient does not experience severe pain.
According to studies, the rate of regaining weight after the gastric sleeve surgery is around 15%. For this reason, patients who have had gastric sleeve surgery should go to a doctor’s control with extreme care to prevent them from gaining weight again. The doctor should plan for the patient to be followed for life, and medical treatments should be applied holistically.
The gastric can expand again if it is nutritionally challenged. If this happens, it should not be forgotten that the lost weight can be regained. In this case, “protein” will be the most critical nutrient in post-operative nutrition. After the first 10-14 days after surgery, the patient is advised to follow the diet program that will be specially prepared for him to adopt a healthy diet and lifestyle, together with the metabolism and endocrinology specialists.
In addition, it is an essential factor that the body is not left without fluid. For this, it is necessary to consume at least 6-8 glasses of water a day.
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As with all other surgeries, possible complications vary depending on the age and weight of the patient.
However, in general, those are possible to say:
The patient may experience reflux in the following periods after stomach reduction surgery.
The gastric, which is put in the form of a tube, may expand due to not reducing the nutrition, and accordingly, the weight may come back.
The patient may experience problems such as abdominal swelling, constipation, nausea, or vomiting.
The gastric sleeve surgery is a surgical treatment for obesity and obesity-related medical conditions. It is only offered to people who have severe obesity-related medical conditions or are at high risk of developing them. Gastric sleeve surgery can heal and eliminate diseases, including:
Insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes.
Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease.
Hyperlipidaemia (high cholesterol) and arterial
The risks of the gastric sleeve are much less than the risks of obesity and related diseases. It is also a treatment with lower complication rates than other joint operations. Most gastric sleeve surgery procedures are performed with minimally invasive surgical techniques. This means less pain and faster recovery from incisions.
- If you have severe obesity (grade 3). Grade 3 obesity means a BMI of 40 or higher. This is determined by your BMI (body mass index), calculated by your weight and height.
- If you tried to lose weight before the surgery but failed.
Before you decide to have weight loss surgery, we recommend that you contact our team of dietitians, psychologists, and other medical professionals for free consultations and checkups.
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