Gastric reduction operations

Gastric reduction operations

Many people may hear about stomach reduction or stomach stapling for weight loss, what is the nature of these operations and whether it is suitable for all patients with obesity or not.

There are three basic ways to reduce stomach:

  • Gastric cuts in which the doctor cuts a large part of the size of the stomach about 70% of the size of the stomach so that the patient can not eat more food after filling the remaining small part of the stomach after the cutting.
  • The process of converting the path of the stomach in which the doctor to connect the first part of the stomach directly to the intestines and that kind of operations are conducted for obese people and people addicted to food significantly.
  • The process of the installation of a loop of the stomach and the installation of a ring around the mouth of the stomach to reduce the space available to receive food in the stomach and therefore can not eat more food, but that type of operations has health complications because of the presence of a foreign object in the body is the ring,

People who are obese and exposed to other health risks such as heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, atherosclerosis and spinal diseases are the most likely candidates for this type of surgery after the doctor has performed the necessary tests for the patient to ascertain the need for this type of surgery. Weight and height where the weight of the patient divided on the square length of the patient in meters if exceeded 40% the patient has exceeded the stage of obesity and need to process.

It is known that when performing this type of surgery correctly by qualified surgeons, the success rate of the operation is approximately 95%, of course with the patient’s commitment to the doctor’s instructions in terms of quantities of food and exercise activities and sport.

Because failure to follow instructions and follow a certain diet after these operations may lead to symptoms such as vomiting and fainting episodes when weight loss is faster than the required rate.