Active Lifestyles Through Gastric Sleeve Or Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery

Obesity is linked to several diseases including heart disease, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure and type II diabetes. Pain caused from obesity can be debilitating: back pain, angina or chest pain, joint pain and Sever’s pain or foot pain. When a patient decides to take control of their weight, they often turn to surgery. When patients come to a weight loss surgery center for treatment of obesity, several types of bariatric surgery are available. Two of these surgeries are gastric sleeve surgery and mini gastric bypass surgery. Gastric sleeve surgery, on its own, is a somewhat new bariatric procedure. It was used as the first step when someone was too obese for gastric bypass surgery or duodenal switch surgery. Today, bariatric surgeons are using the gastric sleeve surgery on its own. A portion, between 60 and 80 per cent, of the stomach is removed laparoscopically. This permanently reduces the mass of the stomach, leaving it tube shaped, and enables patients to significantly lose weight. Because this surgery is fairly new, the long-term effects are unknown. Short-term effects, after two years, show a high weight loss success. Mini gastric bypass surgery is another laparoscopic surgery offered at a weight loss surgery center. Surgery time is quick, right around 1hr and 30 minutes. The stomach is stapled into a tube shape, which reduces the amount of food the stomach can hold. A section of the small intestine is then bypassed, reducing the amount of calories and fat absorbed. This surgery is not permanent and can be reversed. Having the mini gastric bypass surgery helps patients to successfully lose weight and has proven to be more effective than Lap-Band surgery. Both gastric sleeve surgery and mini gastric bypass surgery help obese patients to lose significant amounts of weight and live active lifestyles. Contact a weight loss surgery center today to set up an appointment to discuss your bariatric surgery options.