Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Gastric sleeve surgery removes about 80 percent of the stomach, reducing it to a thin vertical sleeve. The procedure helps you lose weight by restricting the amount of food you can eat and helping you feel full faster.
The surgery also affects the levels of hormones that impact hunger, your feelings of fullness and blood sugar control. When combined with permanent commitments to healthy eating and regular exercise, a gastric sleeve can help overweight or obese individuals lose pounds and improve their overall health.
The Evolution of Gastric Sleeve Surgery
From 2010 to 2015, gastric sleeve surgery became one of the fastest-growing bariatric surgery procedures available. You may be asking, why is this? Simply put, the surgery helped patients achieve their weight loss goals not just for personal reasons but also for physical health-related reasons. Gastric sleeve surgery is considered an effective tool for weight loss, but the main benefit to highlight here is that the surgery often does not include any major complications post-procedure.
Benefits of Gastric Sleeve Surgery
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Gastric sleeve surgery comes with a host of positive benefits, including:
- You may physically reduce your hunger. This will help you maintain the weight you lose from the procedure, but it’s important to understand that hunger reduction does not always occur in every patient.
- Does not require as much operating time as compared to gastric bypass.
- Does not require any re-rerouting of the intestines.
- Reduced risk of dumping syndrome. Dumping syndrome is a condition that can develop after surgery to remove all or part of your stomach or after surgery to bypass your stomach to help you lose weight. Also called rapid gastric emptying, dumping syndrome occurs when food, especially sugar, moves from your stomach into your small bowel too quickly.
- No adjustments are needed. Other weight loss tools, such as the Lap Band, do require several doctor visits. However, gastric sleeve surgery will require follow-up appointments.
- No foreign objects left in the body.
- Weight loss typically occurs in most patients over a period of 18 months. The majority of weight loss occurs in the first year.
If you decide gastric sleeve surgery is right for you, the benefits can include long-term weight loss, improved stamina and mobility, enhanced mood and self-esteem, reduced risk of death from heart disease and improvement in many obesity-related conditions, such as diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and glucose intolerance.
Weight loss surgery is recommended for individuals with a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 35, regardless of presence, absence, or severity of co-morbidities. Some procedures may be approved for weight loss surgery in people with a BMI of 30 to 35 who have at least one obesity-related condition. Weight loss surgery is considered safe, but like many types of surgery, it does have risks. Consult with your physician about the risks and benefits of weight loss surgery. These testimonials reflect results achieved by these patients. As each case must be independently evaluated and managed, actual weight loss will vary.
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