Treatments

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General Abdominal Surgery

Obesity Surgery: Gastric Plication

Laparoscopic gastric plication is a newer minimally invasive weight-loss surgery technique that reduces the size of the stomach capacity to approximately 3 ounces. It is a restrictive weight-loss surgery, meaning that it restricts the amount of food the stomach can hold. You will feel full sooner so you won’t want to eat as much, which helps you lose weight. The procedure does not involve the use of an implanted device (such as gastric banding). Also, unlike the gastric sleeve procedure, gastric plication may be reversible because a portion of the stomach is not removed. In addition, unlike gastric bypass, gastric plication does not involve rerouting and reconnecting the intestines.

Sleeve Gastrectomy (Gastric Sleeve)

Sleeve Gastrectomy (Gastric Sleeve)

Sleeve gastrectomy, also called a vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a surgical weight-loss procedure. This procedure is typically performed laparoscopically, which involves inserting small instruments through multiple small incisions into the upper abdomen. During sleeve gastrectomy, around 80 percent of the stomach is removed, leaving a tube-shaped stomach about the size and shape of a banana.

Limiting the size of your stomach restricts the amount of food you are able to consume. In addition, the procedure prompts hormonal changes that assist with weight loss. The same hormonal changes also help relieve conditions such as high blood pressure or heart disease that are caused by being overweight. The effect of sleeve gastrectomy surgery is not only to reduce the volume of the stomach but also it has a serious effect on the hunger hormone secreted from the stomach while the stomach is reduced to a tube shape. The desire for food decreases, the brain feels less hungry, therefore sleeve gastrectomy surgery creates not only a mechanical effect, but also a hormonal effect.

Conversion Surgery

Obesity Surgery: Revision Surgery

Revision weight loss surgery is a surgical procedure that is performed on patients who have already undergone a weight loss procedure, and have either had complications from the surgery or have not successfully achieved significant weight loss results from the initial surgery. Procedures are usually performed laparoscopically, though open surgery may be required if prior bariatric surgery has resulted in extensive scarring.

With the increase in the number of weight loss procedures performed every year, there are growing numbers of individuals who have experienced an unsatisfactory result from their procedure; perhaps if the procedure has been carried out abroad or no post procedure support has been offered which is often reported to potential patients to NOSC. If you have had previous surgery your choice of revisional surgery may be limited but certainly worth investigating.

Gastric Balloon

Gastric balloon, also called endoscopic intragastric balloon, is a non-surgical weight loss procedure that involves placing a special balloon inside the stomach to take up space and limit the stomach's capacity to carry food. This allows you to feel full sooner and limits your food intake to smaller portions. After the procedure, which takes only 10 minutes, the patient feels constantly full and loses weight rapidly under the control of our dietitian due to the smaller portions. It is worth noting that the gastric balloon does not require a recovery period or surgical intervention, and by getting rid of these kilos, you are one step closer to having the body you deserve. The gastric balloon can only stay in place for up to 6-9 months. It is applied to people who cannot lose weight despite dieting and exercising, and who are on average 15-30 kg overweight.

Gastric Bypass

Laparoscopic Gastric By-Pass (R-YGB) surgery is the most common type of combined surgery. While the stomach size is reduced with this surgery, the absorption of nutrients decreases as the path traveled in the small intestine is shortened.

The part at the beginning of the stomach is separated from the rest, leaving about 30-50 cc. A part of the small intestines is also bypassed and connected to the newly formed small stomach. In this way, patients reach the feeling of fullness quickly with much smaller portions. At the same time, the absorption of a significant part of the high-calorie foods taken is prevented.

Effective and permanent weight loss is achieved with Laparoscopic Gastric By-Pass (R-YGB) surgery. Similar to size-restricting surgeries, patients reach a feeling of fullness quickly with much smaller portions due to the reduced new stomach pouches.

Gastric By-Pass surgery can be recycled when necessary.