Obesity surgeries are performed for people who cannot lose weight through normal weight loss methods such as diet, sports etc.
With the advance technology and the new methods of Obesity surgeries, the success rate of them became very high in comparison with the old obesity surgeries.
The ideal candidates of obesity surgeries are:
1- people with BMI ≥ 40, or more than 100 pounds.
2- people who are unable to achieve longlasting weight loss despite their efforts to lose weight.
3- People with BMI ≥35 and have at least one or more obesity-related co-morbidities such as type II diabetes (T2DM), gastrointestinal disorders heart disease etc... tine.
Comprehensive tests are done to all people who wants to have an obesity surgery such as (blood tests, whole abdominal ultrasonography, gastroscopy etc.). and thesuitability of the person is decided by the doctor after checking the tests results.
Most popular Obesity Surgery:
1-Gastric Balloon: The balloon limits the amount of food the stomach can hold and creates thereby an early feeling of fullness and satiety.
Less intake of food will result in weight loss. After up to six months.
2-Sleeve Gastrectomy: The procedure includes a longitudinal resection of the stomach starting from the antrum at the point 5–6 cm from the pylorus and finishing at the fundus close to the cardia, the ideal approximate remaining size of the stomach after the procedure is about 150 ml.
3-Mini Gastric Bypass: The mini-gastric bypass is an effective and well-established procedure which combines some of the properties of agastric sleeve and a standard gastric bypass.
Theupper part of the stomach is divided into a tube, similar to the top three quarters of a sleeve, and then joined to a loop of intes.