Want to know if a gastric sleeve is right for you?
Answer to those phrases that you identify with:
- I’ve tried to lose weight with diets and exercise without getting results.
- My overweight is causing me health problems and diseases.
- When I look into the mirror, I would love to look different.
If you answered yes to more than one of the above sentences, and your BMI (Body Mass Index) is more than 30, we have an excellent option for you: Gastric sleeve surgery.
Severe to moderate obesity has become an epidemic disease in the last decade. Contemporary lifestyles, as well as hormonal, thyroid, and endocrine problems, make it difficult for many people to reach a healthy weight, despite multiple efforts like working out, diets, and medication, it just seems something impossible to achieve.
In the United States, two-thirds of women are overweight and have obesity problems. Even worse, there are 67.6 million obese people and 65 million overweight individuals, according to a study by the Washington Medical University of Saint Louis, Missouri, in 2012. This means that 40% of the US population is facing overweight problems and health disorders associated to obesity. If you are part of the statistics, we want to help you!
What is the Gastric Sleeve?
Gastric sleeve is a safe and new procedure and a very effective option to the treatment of obesity, changing the life of people in the long term since it promotes a new lifestyle, making it difficult to recover the lost weight.
The gastric sleeve has a few advantages over the gastric band since there is no foreign body in the stomach. This surgery also known as vertical gastric sleeve consists of the removal of 85% of the stomach from the body, this reduction is what forces the patient to eat only 10% to 15% less than before, causing a dramatic weight loss in the first six months after the surgery. Of course, the patient needs to make some changes in his nutritional habits, eating more balanced in order to keep good health. In a few words, the person learns to eat again.
Another of the advantages is the minimal invasion of the body, since it is a procedure done by laparoscopy, via incisions ½ inch or less. This has added safety to the operation as well as patient acceptance.
Are you a candidate for the gastric sleeve?
If you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 35 it means you are a candidate for this type of surgery, also if you have been diagnosed with serious conditions such as diabetes, sleep apnea, or high blood pressure related to overweight.
How much weight am I going to lose?
Most of the weight is lost in the first six months after the surgery. After this period the patient must continue with a balanced diet and a training plan in order to keep a healthy lifestyle.*
Health benefits
When you compare the statistics against traditional diet and workout programs or even specialist-supervised programs, you’ll find out that the surgery is more effective with long-term weight maintenance and improvement of health. The patients often live a long, productive, and healthier life, with fewer visits to the health care system.
Also, the savings in health care expenses will pay for the surgery in 2 or 4 years, since in 75% of the cases patients will experience the reduction or total disappearance of chronic disorders like heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, and other degenerative illnesses.
Change your life today in the hands of top-qualified surgeons and world-class care at affordable prices.
At VIDA Bariatrics you would find an experienced team of bariatric surgeons, certified and qualified with more than 5,000 successful surgeries. If you are seeking a lifelong impact, at VIDA Bariatrics you have the opportunity to do it, paying 50% less than in the United States for a bariatric procedure like the gastric sleeve.
If you want more information or want to schedule a virtual consultation, feel free to call us at 1 (619) 610-1667 from the US, or access to a
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*Bariatric surgery results may vary in every person. A nutritional program follows bariatric surgery in order to achieve the best results.