Weight loss surgery, also called bariatric surgery, is intended to assist people with their slimming goals. The procedure limits the quantity of food people can consume and reduces the intake of calories. It is ideal for anyone who has a BMI (Body Mass Index) of over forty, and who has failed at dieting in the past. Typically, this operation is carried out on people between the ages of eighteen and sixty.
There are numerous kinds of weight loss surgery on offer, to suit patients with different needs. With Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery, surgeons create a pocket in the patient’s belly. This pocket is the only place in the belly that can receive food. This restricts the quantity of food that can be consumed in a single meal. After this, the surgeon cuts the small intestine just beneath the patient’s belly, and connects this to a different pocket. Food travels straight from the pocket into this area of the patient’s intestine. Nonetheless, the main area of the belly carries on making digestive juices. The part of the patient’s intestine that is still connected to the main belly is reconnected further down.
This allows the digestive juices to travel into the small intestine. As a result of this, the patient absorbs less calories and nutrients, because the food can bypass a part of their small intestine. This procedure has been carried out for a number of years. These days, it can be done with laparascopic technology, which is only moderately invasive. Consequently, patients can enjoy less stitches, shorter recovery periods, and a reduced infection risk.
VBG (Vertical Banded Gastroplasty) is intended to limit the patient’s belly size using a silicon band. This procedure is also called Adjustable Gastric Banding. Patients lose weight, because they are restricted in how much food they can consume.
With a sleeve gastrectomy operation, some of the patient’s belly is taken out and the section that remains is molded into a tubular shape. This tubular belly can only store a small quantity of food. Also, this procedure reduces the amount of ghrelin that is produced. Ghrelin is an appetite controlling hormone, so reducing it often makes patients feel less hungry. Notwithstanding, sleeve gastrectomy has no impact on nutrient or calorie absorption inside the patient’s intestines.
It is an unfortunate truth that overweight people frequently experience prejudice from others, in their personal and professional lives. Weight loss surgery gives people the chance to conquer this, and improve their confidence and self esteem – as well as the way that society perceives them.
