Gastric sleeve surgery is one of several types of bariatric surgery options. It works by making your stomach smaller so you eat less. Because the size of your stomach is reduced, you’ll also find that you’re less hungry.
Another important benefit of weight loss is the lower risk of obesity-related health conditions. These include:
Given this wide variation, it’s best to research and talk to several surgeons and operative centers to find one you’re comfortable with — and one that fits your budget.
Pulmonary embolism. A pulmonary embolism can happen when part of a blood clot breaks off and travels to your lungs.
If you have minimally invasive surgery, your hospital stay may be shorter and your recovery faster. When you return home, contact your doctor if you experience increased pain, redness, swelling, bleeding or discharge from an incision, fever or chills, breathing problems, swelling in the leg and abnormal heartbeats or for any other unusual physical problems.
Think of your goals on days when you don't feel like eating healthy foods or moving more. Find other ways to stay on track too. For instance, you could post an uplifting note to yourself on the refrigerator or the pantry door.
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Continue to get nutritional counseling – patients who continue to monitor their diet with the help of a professional have better long-term results (11). Good bariatric doctors partner with or will refer you to a nutritionist or dietitian, so you should not need to find one on your own.
“Patients who actively participate in support groups have about a 10% lower body mass index than patients who go it alone.”
The number of pounds people lose after weight-loss surgery depends on the individual and on the type of surgery. One weight bypass surgery study found that after 1 year, people undergoing adjustable gastric banding, gastric sleeve, and gastric bypass lost between 38 and 87 pounds.
Your surgeon takes a blood vessel (a tube that blood moves through) and attaches it between the aorta (the main blood vessel leaving the heart) and a point along the coronary artery.
Alcohol or drug abuse – not surprisingly, substance abusers are more likely to revert back to their old habits following surgery. Plus, some patients begin to abuse alcohol and drugs after bariatric surgery, in effect, replacing
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Bypass surgery doesn’t cure the underlying heart disease. Lifestyle changes and medications as prescribed by your healthcare providers are critical to reduce atherosclerosis and blood clot formation to prevent another blockage.