Gastric sleeve surgery, also called sleeve gastrectomy is one of the most popular operations used in weight loss, and it is a very simple and safe surgery, through which a part of the stomach is removed about 70% of its original size, which reduces the size of the stomach, and helps reduce the amount of food intake. There are several different types and methods of sleeve gastrectomy, which are determined by the attending physician according to the person’s condition and the amount of fat he suffers from.
Candidates for sleeve gastrectomy:
Not everyone who wants to undergo sleeve gastrectomy is qualified for that, as there are some people who have certain characteristics that can perform sleeve gastrectomy, and they are as follows:
The person who is overweight and obese .
A person who suffers from a fat mass of more than 35 kilograms of normal weight.
The person has good health and is free of any health problems that would hinder the sleeve gastrectomy.
The age of the person who is about to undergo sleeve gastrectomy must range from 18 to 65 years.
The person does not suffer from stomach diseases that hinder the operation, such as; Stomach ulcer or gastritis.
Stages of the sleeve gastrectomy procedure
The person undergoes some safe and simple stages and steps to perform the sleeve gastrectomy, which are summarized as follows:
The first stage: clinical examination
The doctor examines the body of the person who is about to undergo sleeve gastrectomy, and determines the size removed from the stomach, according to the weight of the person.
The second stage: the anesthesia stage
The anesthesiologist puts the person under general anesthesia, so that the patient does not feel any pain at all.
The third stage: sleeve gastrectomy
The doctor makes a very small and simple incision in the stomach, through which the endoscope is inserted, in order to remove part of the stomach.
Sleeve gastrectomy takes a maximum of eight hours. Some patients are allowed to leave the hospital on the same day of the operation, but there are cases in which the patient must stay for two days in the hospital.
Advantages of the process:
Significantly limits the patient’s food intake.
It gives good results very quickly.
Shows a graph similar to gastric bypass surgery in terms of faster weight loss and maintenance of weight loss in the future.
During the operation, doctors do not have to insert any foreign objects inside the patient. The action does not contain an override of any kind.
Nothing about the digestive system rearranging.
Patients do not need to spend a long time in the hospital as compared to other types of weight loss procedures.
Usually, doctors allow patients to leave the hospital after two days.
This process causes the gut hormones to behave differently , and this difference leads to less appetite throughout the day.
