Saturday, February 25, 2017

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Sleeve Gastrectomy

By Dorothy Anderson


Sleeve gastrectomy is a type of procedure which is being done to people who want to achieve weight loss. The process involves some surgical procedures in which the stomach will be reduced by 15 percent from the original size. And as a result of the removal process of stomach parts, a person may achieve a tube or sleeve like structure. However, a person may possibly experience stomach dilatation in the future.

This procedure may have some limitations such as this should be performed only to people having a body mass index or BMI which is above 40. This is being considered as the best solution that people if ever other ways of diet do not work to them. However, this procedure of sleeve gastrectomy New Jersey comes with different advantages and disadvantages which people in New Jersey must consider.

The advantages. Smaller food portions satisfaction. This is considered as the main advantage of this procedure, it is because after a gastric sleeve, a person can easily feel satisfaction with eating a smaller portion of his or her food. There are 2 common reasons for this. First, the chemicals which are involved in hunger goes down. And second, the space which is to be filled becomes smaller, and therefore, it may only require lesser food.

And since lesser food is consumed, lesser calories will also be taken that can help in losing weight. However, it is being suggested that healthy diet and proper exercise must be combined with this to become more effective. Losing the weight can also help in improving some health conditions including fatty liver disease, blood pressure, reflux, diabetes, or other conditions.

Less invasive than the bariatric surgeries. Gastric bypass is one very common example of a bariatric surgery that involves invasive techniques. Whereas for gastric sleeve, there will be no invasive procedures including cutting and also disconnecting and altering small intestines. And thus, the risks of surgical complications after the procedure will be reduced.

No dumping syndrome risk. After the procedure of gastric sleeve, the pyloris or the outlet valve still remains intact, compared to some other types of bariatric operations. And thus, having no risk of a dumping syndrome. In this case of syndrome, the food being taken is going to pass through the unaffected stomach by gastric juice, thus, causing pain, indigestion, diarrhea, or other symptoms.

No inserted foreign devices. Gastric bands are not inserted inside the body, and so, there is nothing that may possibly slip and erode which can cause infection. With the use of laparoscopy process, the surgery may also be performed to the extremely obese people. And if the desired weight loss is not achieved, other alternatives are duodenal switch or gastric bypass.

The disadvantages. Being irreversible. It involves the removal of large stomach parts and forms new small pouch. A stomach will start to become sensitive to the food being eaten especially when it is chewed poorly. Patients can avoid this kind of discomfort and often vomiting by eating slowly and thoughtfully.

Stomach may possibly stretch. Patients will always try on eating the same food because there is no device which can stop overfilling in the stretches. And since there is constant overfilling, more food will be consumed, increasing weight and calorie intake. Other possible complications would include pneumonia, post operative pain, infection, blood clots, etc.




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