In this modern world where obesity has become a major concern, bariatric surgeries are becoming more common. Bariatric surgeries are concerned with obese people. The whole procedure revolves around reducing the obesity in people and thereby mitigating its side effects. When people find it difficult to accommodate time for exercise in their daily schedule, they choose the option of undergoing a gastric bypass surgery.
Who all can have a bariatric surgery?
Generally, bariatric surgery is recommended to adults or teenagers who are very obese and have related health issues like type 2 diabetes, severe sleep apnoea, high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Also, people who have a body mass index of more than 40 or more are suggested for bariatric surgeries. It is also recommended to people who have tried other methods of reducing body mass like exercise, activities, diet, etc. but have failed to achieve any loss in weight.
Who all can have a bariatric surgery?
Generally, bariatric surgery is recommended to adults or teenagers who are very obese and have related health issues like type 2 diabetes, severe sleep apnoea, high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Also, people who have a body mass index of more than 40 or more are suggested for bariatric surgeries. It is also recommended to people who have tried other methods of reducing body mass like exercise, activities, diet, etc. but have failed to achieve any loss in weight.
Treatment:
Bariatric surgeries may be of a different kind. It might involve using an adjustable gastric band, or a gastric sleeve surgery or a gastric bypass. Very rarely, a gastro surgeon may undertake a duodenal switch surgery to accomplish the task of reducing obesity.
In case of a gastric band, the surgeon would insert a band inside your stomach with a small opening through your skin called a port. With the addition or removal of saline water into your pouch, the doctor can adjust its size. This will result in reducing your food intake as you would feel full very soon. In case of a gastric sleeve, the surgeon removes most of the stomach leaving only a small banana-shaped sleeve. This too would reduce your intake of food. The gastric bypass method involves adjusting your small intestine so as to reduce the absorption.
Bariatric surgeries have become common and a lot busier and popular now. Gastric bypass surgery in Mumbai is successfully performed by Dr. RK Sinha, the best laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon in India.
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