Reality About Minimally Invasive Weight Loss Surgery

By Timothy Gray


Loss of weight has become tough to manage as most people find it difficult to cut off their weights. Overweight maybe genetic or due to taking excess unhealthy foods. Excess body mass is the cause of a wide range of health complications. A quick and efficient measure is, therefore, necessary for the victims and those finding it difficult to control it naturally. In such cases, undertaking minimally invasive weight loss surgery maybe considered an option so as to cut down some of this excess body mass.

Weight loss surgery is an operation that is frequently undertaken to help in reducing ones body mass. The logic behind it is that most overweight conditions are due to what one eats. Surgery done in the event one is not satisfied with the first operation is known as additional surgery. Several methods of weight loss operation are commonly performed such as; the gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, duodenal switch and gastric band.

Gastric bypass: this surgical procedure entails the doctor reducing the stomach size by removing much of it and living behind a small pouch. The pouch left cannot accommodate much food and upon eating the food will tend to pass direct from the pouch to the small intestines.

In adjustable gastric band surgery, a small band is used to limit the amount of food getting into the stomach when put at the top of the stomach. The method used to perform it is the same as the one performed in gastric by-pass.

Gastric sleeve: as the name suggests, the surgery involves reducing the size of a stomach such that it becomes sleeve size meaning that the amount of food taken becomes minimal. The interesting bit of this operation is that it can control the hunger causing hunger (enzyme ghrelin).

Last but not least is the duodenal switch. It is not common because it the most complicated but the most useful. In a duodenal switch, just like in other types mentioned above, much of the stomach is removed. Additionally, the food eaten is restricted from passing through much of the small intestines through a gastric sleeve limiting the nutrients absorbed by the small intestines.

It is not a guarantee that undergoing this exercise will eventually help in curbing your body mass issues. In such events or case of unsatisfactory, one can undergo an additional procedure typically known as a revision weight loss surgery.

Thorough consultations and research are vital before going for this operation. One should be able to identify the actual cause of their excess body mass. In the case of an error in the process, fatal effects are possible. Therefore, one has to so careful with who and how the process runs.

As mentioned earlier, the surgical procedure is not an assured means of dealing with body mass problems. However, best results are achieved if a patient maintains discipline in taking frequent exercises and maintaining a healthy and sizeable diet since getting the outcome right is a dream come true for many.

Excess weight is a menace that causes discomfort and health complication. It is, therefore, paramount to curb it by regulating our activities before it becomes a health hazard since prevention will always be better than cure.




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