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Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery in India - Costs and Best Hospitals (Gastric Sleeve)

 


Overview

 


Gastric Sleeve Surgery Or Gastrectomy


Gastric sleeve surgery is a relatively new kid on the block when it comes to bariatric surgery. Technically called gastric sleeve resection, it is typically used to safely jump-start the surgical weight loss process in people who are too obese or sick to have more invasive weight loss surgeries or are not candidates for gastric banding.

Gastric Sleeve Surgery in India



Put another way, gastric sleeve surgery lets such people reach a safe weight so they can then undergo the more radical gastric bypass surgery or duodenal switch surgery. This is the most useful application of gastric sleeve surgery at this time, because it appears to be faster and/or easier than other weight loss surgeries in these high-risk people.

Other names for gastric sleeve resection are sleeve gastrectomy, vertical sleeve gastrectromy, tube gastrectomy and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.


What To Do Before Gastric Sleeve Surgery ?



Before gastric sleeve resection or any bariatric surgery, you must quit smoking, as smoking increases the risk for infections, pneumonia, blood clots, slow healing and other life-threatening complications after surgery. Ideally, quitting smoking should be permanent, but you must quit for at least one month before and one month after bariatric surgery.

Some surgeons require patients to go on special diets in the week(s) before the procedure.

How Gastric Sleeve Surgery Works ?



During this procedure a bariatric surgeon removes about 60 percent of the stomach so that it takes the shape of a tube or sleeve.
Surgeons Perform First-Ever Weight Loss Surgery Through the Vagina
Typically, gastric sleeve surgery is performed laparoscopically. This means that the surgeon makes small five incisions in the abdomen and then inserts a viewing tube with a small camera (laparoscope) and tiny surgical instruments into these small incisions to remove part of the stomach. The tube-shaped stomach that's left is sealed and closed with staples.

In contrast, when the procedure is performed through the vagina, fewer incisions are needed because the vagina provides a natural opening. Specifically, one incision is placed in the belly button through which a laparoscope is placed to view the abdomen. The second incision is placed just below the sternum to insert an instrument used to retract the liver.

The gastric sleeve surgery is then performed by entering the vagina and making a small incision behind the uterus through which the abdomen and stomach could be accessed with surgical tools. The stomach is reduced in size using conventional surgical staplers. The excess stomach is then pulled down through the abdomen and out of the vagina.

The process of performing surgery through a natural opening such as the vagina is known as natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery.


What To Expect After Gastric Sleeve Surgery ?

The non-reversible surgery is performed under general anesthesia and takes about one to two hours. Afterward you would probably stay in the hospital for one or two days, and recovery from gastric sleeve surgery may last a few weeks.

The abdomen is often swollen and sore for several days. Your surgeon may prescribe pain medication for the discomfort. Some scarring may occur, but this can be covered with clothing.

You would need to become re-used to eating solid foods. Normally this starts with two weeks on a liquid-only diet, two weeks of semi-solid, pureed foods and then solids.

As far as weight loss goes, most people who have gastric sleeve surgery lose 30 to 50 percent of their excess body weight over six months to one year.

Studies have shown that after the gastric sleeve resection procedure people show improvement in diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and sleep apnea within one to two years. These improvements are comparable with those seen after other weight loss surgeries.

As this is a relatively new procedure, no data is available yet on long-term weight loss or overall health improvements.

Other bariatric surgeries, such as gastric banding and gastric bypass, likely will not be performed through the vagina at this time. With gastric banding, we are placing an instrument through the vagina (the band), so there is some concern about an infection.

This operation is performed laparoscopically, meaning that the surgeon makes small incisions as opposed to one large incision. He or she inserts a viewing tube with a small camera (laparoscope) and other tiny instruments into these small incisions to remove part of the stomach. The tube-shaped stomach that is left is sealed closed with staples.

It is often followed by a gastric bypass or duodenal switch after the patient has lost a significant amount of weight. Called a "staged" approach to weight loss surgery, this makes the second procedure less risky than it would have been had it been the first and only procedure.

The timing of the second surgery varies according to the degree of weight loss. It usually occurs within six to 18 months.


Certain lifestyle changes and follow-up care occur afterward; people who have gastric sleeve surgery must : -


Exercise regularly.

Learn behavior modification techniques.
Follow very specific dietary instructions, including eating very slowly, consuming only small quantities of food at a time, chewing thoroughly and swallowing food only when it is mashed, and not eating and drinking at the same time.


Advantages Of Gastric Sleeve Surgery Through The Vagina

Two kinds of hernias may develop after bariatric surgery. An incisional hernia is a weakness that sticks out from the abdominal wall's connective tissue and may cause a blockage in the bowel. An internal hernia, however, occurs when the small bowel is displaced into pockets in the lining of the abdomen. These pockets are created when the intestines are sewn together. Fewer incisions mean a lower risk of incisional hernias.




Gastric Sleeve Surgery in India

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