Bariatric Surgery Can Help Achieve Massive Weight Loss
With its symptoms building slowly over an extended period of time, obesity is a chronic disease that is effecting millions of American. Obesity becomes "morbid obesity" when it begins to significantly increase the chances and risks of health conditions or serious diseases that can cause either significant physical disability or death.
Weight loss surgery is major surgery. Its growing use to treat obesity and morbid obesity is the result of three factors: our current knowledge of the significant health risks of morbid obesity, the relatively low risk and complications of the procedures versus not having surgery, and the ineffectiveness of current non-surgical approaches to produce sustained weight loss. The materials found here will provide valuable information on the benefits and risks of weight loss surgery. However, the best way to get a full assessment of your condition is to schedule a consultation to determine if weight loss surgery may be an option for you.
Benefits From Surgery
For Type 2 Diabetes, gastric bypass surgery lowers insulin resistance. The reduction of excessive body weight over time decrease strain on the heart, reducing high blood pressure and risks for heart disease. Lowered body weight can lessen dyslipidemia and lower high cholesterol. Regarding osteoarthritis of weight-bearing joints, as less weight is placed on joints, the strain placed on these joints is reduced. Weight loss, in conjunction with counseling, contributes to mental health improvement and combats depression. Excessive body weight can cause increased fat deposits in the tongue and neck, which can result in sleep apnea and respiratory problems.
Bariatric surgery also decreases the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease by reducing the amount of stomach acid produced. When less weight is placed on the bladder, uncontrollable urine loss improved. Having an ideal body weight helps relieve asthma and pulmonary conditions which may have developed. Bariatric surgery can help resolve conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome and hypertension, both of which can interfere with pregnancies. In addition, reproductive health is improved when less weight is placed on reproductive organs.
Adjustable Gastric Banding
This is the second most common procedure performed at the institute. A band is placed around the uppermost part of the stomach, separating the stomach into one small and large portion. In this surgery, the band itself is able to be adjusted in order to increase or decrease restriction. Digestion and absorption are normal. In a U.S. study, the mean weight loss in three years after surgery was 36.2 percent of excess weight.
Biliopancreatic Bypass
This operation involves removal of approximately 2/3 of the stomach, and re-arrangement of the intestinal tract so that the digestive enzymes are diverted away from the food stream, until very late in its passage through the intestine. It then reconnects the remaining stomach to the very last portion of the intestines, while bypassing most of the absorption power: this procedure naturally has the potential to cause malabsorption. The idea is to allow near-normal absorption of protein and sugars, while selectively reducing the absorption of fats and starches.
Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
This is a prime procedure performed in this institute. Beverly Hills Physicians has experience with a large number of these procedures, and we have refined the technique and method to produce the maximum sustained weight loss. Modification of silastic ring placement around the pouch to enhance the efficacy of this procedure is a viable option.
Vertical Ring Gastroplasty
Vertical Ring Gastroplasty, or Stomach Stapling was widely performed in the United States and is currently replaced by Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. It is a technically simple operation, accomplished by stapling the upper stomach to create a small pouch, about the size of 2 tablespoonful into which food flows after it is swallowed. The outlet of this pouch is restricted by a silastic ring, which slows its emptying.
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