Effective weight-loss by Bariatric Surgeries

Gleneagles Global
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read

A healthy lifestyle is the result of proper diet and exercise while maintaining an appropriate weight is also the result of a healthy lifestyle. Being obese is the result of gaining excess weight and it is the cause of various lifestyle-related ailments which can be eventually fatal. Obesity in itself may not cause fatality, however, it does increase the risk of several complications and results in ailments which can directly result in a fatality. Some of these diseases include type-2 diabetes, hypertension, kidney diseases and others.

The reasons for obesity have been recognized as incorporate dietary problems and hereditary issues. And an increasingly viable treatment for obesity is bariatric surgery which until recently was a last option when conventional techniques for treating obesity have failed. Bariatric surgeries have been known to have successfully reduced various forms of obesity with a high percentage of success.

In a bariatric surgery, the doctors employ a gastric band or use a gastric bypass which reduces the size of the stomach and thereby resulting in decline of appetite. This leads to a certain weight loss in the long run. Surgical procedure encompasses those procedures that seek to reduce weight and obesity by means of surgically reducing the stomach.

Experience & expertise are fundamental to the success of bariatric surgeries. In the recent past the minimal access surgery option has become an increasingly preferred option for the treatment various kinds of abdominal issues. Laparoscopic technology which involves the use of a tiny fiber-optic camera, video imaging, and new energy sources for cutting helps improve the practice of surgery to a great extent.

It is now possible to perform the surgeries with one or more small incisions, instead of one large incision. Using just a small camera and surgical instruments that are inserted through incisions, surgeries are performed with relative ease & efficiency. These procedures result in less pain, shorter hospital stays, rapid recovery and fewer effects on the functioning of the pulmonary and immune systems when compared to open surgeries.

Some of the advantages of Minimal Access weight loss Surgery are enumerated — less pain, fewer complications, decreased blood loss, shorter recovery, quicker ambulation, and quicker resumption of diet. The cost of bariatric surgery is also reduced when performed via the minimally invasive method.

Patients are advised an exercise regimen post a bariatric surgery and must follow a healthy eating habit. This is the only way to accrue maximum benefit out of a successful bariatric surgery. Of course, there are also several non-surgical options to bring about weight-loss. Doctors would typically look at the surgical interventions as the last resort.

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Gleneagles Global Hospitals is part of Parkway Pantai, a fully owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare.

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