What is Bariatric Surgery?
Bariatric surgery is an operation that is performed on obese individuals to help them to lose weight or to treat metabolic diseases like diabetes, Hypertension, sleep apnoea. Evidence suggests that bariatric surgery may lower death rates for patients with severe obesity, especially in a patient with other metabolic diseases.
Bariatric Surgery At Gujarat Hospital:
Gujarat Hospital has a team of expert in bariatric and metabolic surgeries. Modern operation theatre, experienced surgeon, ICU with fulltime intensivist makes it an ideal place for such surgeries.
Procedures performed at Gujarat Hospital.
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: This is a type of gastric bypass surgery where the stomach is reduced in capacity and is the most common method of gastric bypass. It works with two methods.
What is RYGB?
The surgeon cuts across the upper part of your stomach, converting it to a small pouch. Then the small intestine is cut and it is sewn to the stomach pouch. Food then goes into this small pouch of the stomach and then directly into the small intestine thus it bypasses most of your stomach and the first section of your small intestine, and instead enters directly into the middle part of your small intestine.
Sleeve Gastrectomy: Sleeve gastrectomy. A sleeve gastrectomy is removing a portion of the stomach without any bypass. Thus it reduces the amount food u can take at a time. It is very commonly performed surgery esp when there is moderate obesity.
Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. This is rarely done surgery due to excessive weight loss and nutritional problem in the long run.
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Gujarat Hospital provide the best Bariatric and Obesity Surgery in Surat and Gujarat.