Revision After Gastric Bypass: Is It Possible?

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Many people have experienced weight gain after going on a diet. People feel discouraged with dieting alone as a treatment for obesity because of the up-and-down weight swings. In this instance, weight loss surgery may appear to be an ideal solution. It’s easy to believe that permanently altering the size of your stomach will solve your weight gain concerns.

This choice is decided on a case-by-case basis. It is possible to fix or redo the treatment with rescue gastric bypass surgery or a gastric bypass revision. It is possible to gain weight after Roux-En-Y or mini-gastric bypass surgery, and there are treatment alternatives available. One of the rates of bypass revision 18-20 making the pouch smaller or removing it, or in the pouch-intestine connection anastomosis if it’s very wide or increases malabsorption shortening the common limb.

What is a gastric bypass revision?

Any procedure to rectify a failed gastric bypass surgery is known as gastric bypass revision. This could entail shrinking the stomach, having an additional rewiring of the gastric-intestinal track, or wearing an adjustable band. After gastric bypass, the procedure can address excessive weight gain.

Some people may be wary about corrective surgery because of the cost and length of their first gastric bypass operation. However, the success rates of gastric bypass revisions are sufficient to continue the weight loss journey.

Who is eligible for a gastric bypass revision?

Only those who have already undergone bariatric surgery are eligible for revision surgery. The gastric pouch, for example, can stretch out over time and become less effective in controlling calorie intake in gastric bypass. A doctor can perform revision surgery to restore the gastric pouch to its previous size, allowing the patient to continue reducing weight.

Almost everyone who undergoes bariatric surgery loses a significant amount of weight right after. This is due in part to the restricted diet you’ll be on while your new stomach heals. You will be on a diet even after you are back on solid foods, which could be weeks or months following surgery.

Though your new stomach is significantly smaller following surgery, your stomach pouch can stretch over time. The gastric pouch can be stretched for two reasons. It might happen spontaneously as your body adjusts to the new digestive tract configuration, or it can happen because of overeating.

Can weight regain be managed with bariatric revision?

Don’t be concerned if you’ve gained weight following a bariatric treatment. There are options available to help you stop weight gain. Just like gastric bypass, bariatric revision surgery is not something that happens by surprise. The bariatric surgeon who performed your original surgery will be working with you during your follow-up appointments to see if you are tolerating the initial surgery well.

Bariatric surgery reduces the size of the stomach, and most bariatric revision options aim to restore your gastric pouch to its smaller size. The surgical alternatives available to you will be determined by the type of weight reduction surgery you had before, and the weight loss goals you desire.

How do you know if you are eligible for revision?

There are other types of bariatric surgery that have revision procedures. Sleeve gastrectomies can be treated with a sleeve revision, which returns your gastric sleeve to its original size. Due to the relatively prevalent nature of the initial treatment, gastric bypass revision has various alternatives as such it can be changed to bypass, mini bypass, or duodenal switch.

Any of these bariatric revisions will need to meet your specific weight loss goals, and other considerations such as your base metabolic rate and physical condition, just like the initial operation. Some types of gastric bypass revision can be done endoscopically as an alternative to standard or even laparoscopic surgery in gastric bypass surgeries.

Only those who have already undergone bariatric surgery are eligible for revision surgery. The gastric pouch, for example, can stretch out over time and become less effective in controlling calorie intake in gastric bypass. A doctor can perform revision surgery to restore the gastric pouch to its previous size, allowing the patient to continue reducing weight.

Also, patients who are more persistent about following their doctor’s advice to live a healthy lifestyle with less weight regain had higher success rates after revision procedures. Bariatric surgery and revision surgery are merely weight-loss tools. If the correct lifestyle modifications are not made, weight gain can begin again.

Gastric Sleeve vs Gastric Bypass

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You may be considering bariatric surgery if you’ve struggled to reach and maintain a healthy weight or if you suffer from obesity-related health problems. When combined with a comprehensive weight-loss program, bariatric surgery is extremely effective.

Since there is more than one option for Bariatric Surgery we’ll explain the difference between Gastric Sleeve and Gastric Bypass.

It can not only facilitate you in losing weight, but it can also assist in the improvement or complete elimination of obesity-related conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.  Gastric bypass and gastric sleeve are two of the most successful types of bariatric surgery. While both procedures can result in significant weight loss within 1-2 years of surgery, there are some differences.

What’s the difference between these two surgeries?

Gastric sleeve surgery

The surgeon permanently removes about 80% of your stomach during gastric sleeve surgery. What’s left is packed into a stomach tube. There are no other changes.

Gastric bypass surgery

During this procedure, a small portion of the stomach is isolated, and the end of the small intestine is connected to the new stomach pouch, rerouting food around a large portion of the digestive system.

Gastric Bypass Surgery

Is there a difference in recovery?

Gastric bypass surgery is more time-consuming to perform than gastric sleeve surgery. This is because gastric bypass requires more modifications to the digestive system than the sleeve.  Both gastric sleeve and gastric bypass surgery are generally performed through laparoscopic surgery. To perform the surgery, lighted scope with a camera called a laparoscope and other tools are inserted through several small incisions in your abdomen. After gastric sleeve surgery, you should be able to return home in one or two days.

Who is a good candidate for this surgery?

CRITERIAGASTRIC BYPASSGASTRIC SLEEVE
BMI 40+✔️✔️
BMI 35-39.9 and additionally 2 or more related metabolic conditions✔️✔️
Metabolic syndrome✔️✔️

*Gastric sleeve is recommended to patients with metabolic syndrome

Do I need to make dietary changes?

YES. Dietary changes before and after either surgery are required. Dietary changes after gastric sleeve surgery and gastric bypass surgery are essentially the same.

Timeline:

  • You will need to be on a liquid diet for about 2 weeks after your surgery.
  • You will need to eat pureed food and soft food for the next 2 weeks, then  softer food.
  • You’ll be able to eat normal food 30 to 40 days after surgery. 

The size of your stomach pouch, which affects how much you can eat, is the most significant difference in your postoperative diet. The pouch created by either gastric sleeve or bypass surgery holds about 3 ounces.

Following are some important dietary guidelines to follow after your gastric sleeve or gastric bypass surgery:

  • Eat small portions and stop when you’re satisfied.
  • Thoroughly chew your food
  • Eat slowly and take time to digest 
  • Take vitamins and supplements that are recommended by your doctor
  • Drink enough water to stay hydrated
  • Avoid difficult-to-digest foods like tough meat and bread
  • Carbonated beverages should be avoided 

Over time, your stomach pouch will stretch. After bariatric surgery, it’s critical not to overeat because your pouch can stretch to allow you to regain the weight you lost.


What are the pros and cons?

Pros and cons of gastric sleeve surgery

PROS

  • Up to 65 percent of your excess body weight can be lost.
  • Compared to gastric bypass, recovery time is shorter.
  • Absorption of nutrients and vitamins is not impaired.
  • Dumping syndrome is not as common

CONS

  • In comparison to gastric bypass, less weight is lost.
  • It can’t be reversed 


Pros and cons of gastric bypass surgery

PROS

  • Up to 80% of your excess body weight can be lost.
  • Bypassing the small intestine, fewer calories are absorbed.
  • It is possible to reverse the process, though it is difficult.

CONS

  • Since it implies more anatomical changes, there’s a higher chance of complications.
  • Intestinal bypass causes nutrient and vitamin malabsorption, which can lead to deficiencies.
  • Dumping syndrome is more common.
  • Risk of internal hernias, intestinal obstruction, or ulcers.

A gastric sleeve is a procedure that involves removing a portion of the stomach. A gastric bypass involves the creation of a small gastric pouch and the rerouting of the small bowel. Because the small bowel is rerouted, it is more invasive than the sleeve. Have an open and honest discussion with your surgeon about your fears and your goals. You should walk away confident that you chose the best procedure for you.

DISCLAIMER

If you have any medical questions or concerns, please talk to your healthcare provider.

Why Is Gastric Sleeve the Most Popular Bariatric Procedure?

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A look at why the Gastric Sleeve has overtaken the Gastric Bypass as the most popular procedure in the world.

When you’re ready to go with weight loss surgery, you’ll need to select which operations are ideal for your lifestyle, weight loss goal, and overall health. Obesity can be treated by a variety of surgical procedures. Gastric bypass, gastric sleeve (sleeve gastrectomy), are the most frequent bariatric surgical treatments.

Weight loss is achieved through bariatric surgical procedures that restrict the amount of food your stomach can hold, resulting in weight loss, or through a combination of gastric restriction and malabsorption, which removes or bypasses parts of your digestive tract, making it harder for your body to absorb calories. Most weight loss procedures are done with minimally invasive methods.

Is the gastric sleeve the most popular weight loss procedure?

In the United States, the gastric sleeve, often known as a sleeve gastrectomy, is the most common bariatric treatment. It was formerly just a (very effective) first component of a broader duodenal switch treatment. The sleeve’s unexpectedly good results propelled it into the ranks of major surgical treatments, with most insurances, including Medicare, covering it.

But why is the gastric sleeve so popular?

The sleeve’s popularity stems from its ease of use, which provides various advantages to both the surgeon and the patient. First, the surgeon removes around 80% of the existing stomach pouch along the greater curvature, leaving something that looks like a banana or a sleeve, hence the name.

The stomach is completely removed from the abdomen, including the fundus. Ghrelin, the hunger hormone, is produced in large quantities here. Not only do we limit the amount of food that can be consumed in one sitting by removing this section of the stomach, but it has been proven that most patients also have a reduction in hunger, as they self-control their calorie consumption.

Patients, on the other hand, prefer the gastric sleeve because it has fewer limits and considerations than a gastric bypass. For one thing, because the small intestine is not rerouted, there is a considerably lower risk of vitamin and mineral shortages. Patients can also consume a more normal, albeit restricted, diet following surgery without concerns of dumping syndrome.

Is the gastric sleeve for everyone?

Choosing to have bariatric surgery is a tough and very personal decision. As a result, if you’ve done the first step, congratulations; this is a major and significant step forward for your health and life in general. Choose the best technique for you and commit to managing your food intake and exercise routines from that point onwards to lose weight and stay healthy.

To help you decide which surgery is right for you, we recommend visiting our website for more information on the subject. You can also schedule an initial consultation with us at VIDA Bariatrics to learn more about the process.

The following are some of the benefits of gastric sleeve surgery:

  • Causes rapid and considerable weight loss that is comparable to the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in comparison studies. Patients who have a gastric sleeve will lose about 60% of their excess weight
  • It helps you lose weight by limiting the amount of food you can eat at one time.
  • Removes the region of your stomach that produces the hunger-stimulating hormone ghrelin, which reduces your appetite and increases satiety.
  • An average excess weight loss of more than 50% is maintained.
  • Because digestion is not rerouted and the intestines are left intact, digestion proceeds normally, and nutritional deficits are minor after surgery.
  • Unlike gastric bypass surgery, dumping syndrome is unlikely to develop since your stomach exit, known as the pyloric valve, is intact.
  • Doesn’t require the implantation of a gastric band into the body, nor does it require adjustments or fills as gastric bands do.
  • Even on exceedingly obese patients, laparoscopic surgery is usually possible.
  • Effective in treating or preventing obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. For patients with certain health issues, it may also be safer than a combination of restrictive and malabsorptive weight loss surgery.
  • If additional weight loss is required, the procedure is less invasive and can be escalated to bypass or duodenal switch
  • There is a lower risk of ulcers than with gastric bypass surgery.
  • This procedure requires a hospital stay of less than 24hrs.
  • Often a less expensive weight loss procedure than gastric bypass.

Patient risk is reduced with minimally invasive bariatric surgery, such as possible long-term complications, malnourishment, intestinal obstruction, or internal hernias.

Several small abdominal incisions are used to execute a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The surgery takes around 30 to 40 minutes, since it’s an ambulatory procedure, patients are usually admitted for a hospital stay of less than 24 hours. Minimally invasive procedures reduce post-operative pain, blood loss, and scarring, lowering patient risk and speeding recovery.

Why is Gastric Sleeve Surgery the Best Bariatric Procedure?

Gastric sleeve bariatric surgery is becoming increasingly popular, and with good reason. The gastrointestinal anatomy is not rearranged in the gastric sleeve, commonly known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy or vertical gastrectomy. This fact mitigates many of the risks associated with other bariatric procedures such as the gastric bypass.

The operation is quite effective in treating morbid obesity. The procedure has an 80 percent success rate. Patients who get the surgery can expect long term weight loss of 60% of their excess body weight within a year.

Aside from the significant weight loss, one of the best advantages of surgery is that numerous comorbidities such as diabetes, sleep apnea, and cholesterol tend to improve quickly following surgery.

Patients also enjoy that, when compared to other procedures like gastric bypass, the gastric sleeve has fewer dietary issues, with similar metabolic changes as in a bypass. Patients may become ill because of these consequences if they consume sweets or processed carbs. There is also a lower danger of vitamin shortage following surgery, and no foreign objects are inserted into the body, as with gastric banding. Overall, a gastric sleeve enhances a patient’s quality of life by reducing hunger and the desire to overeat.

Bariatric surgery is an option to help you reduce weight and improve your health overall. If you’re considering bariatric surgery, including the gastric sleeve, give us a call to set up a consultation with us at VIDA Bariatrics.

How Can a Gastric Plication Help You Lose Weight?

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What Is Gastric Plication?

Gastric plication is a type of bariatric surgery that helps people lose weight. It’s a restrictive procedure, which means it shrinks the stomach. This reduces the amount of food you can eat at once and helps you feel fuller sooner. It does not entail gastric banding, stomach stapling, or bypassing the stomach, unlike other bariatric surgeries. To lower the size of the stomach, the surgeon creates large folds.

At VIDA, we have the latest state-of-the-art equipment for this procedure. Laparoscopic gastric plication is a less invasive weight-loss surgery technique that decreases the stomach capacity to about 3 ounces. It’s a restrictive weight-loss operation, which means that the amount of food the stomach can hold is limited. You’ll feel full faster and won’t want to eat as much, which will help you lose weight.

There’s no need for an implanted device in this procedure (such as gastric banding). Because a piece of the stomach is not removed, unlike the gastric sleeve treatment, gastric plication may be reversible because a portion of the stomach is not removed. Furthermore, unlike gastric bypass, gastric plication does not require the intestines to be rerouted and connected.

The techniques used in a gastric plication procedure by our certified medical team, result in a speedier recovery and less scarring than open surgery. Patients can return to work and routine activities in seven to ten days depending on their recovery duration.

Advantages of gastric plication

  • There’s no rerouting of the intestines as in gastric bypass surgery.
  • It does not entail putting a band around a section of the stomach.
  • As with gastric banding, no changes are required.
  • Unlike a sleeve gastrectomy or a gastric bypass, this procedure may be reversible.

What’s the purpose of getting a gastric plication?

If you meet the following criteria your doctor may consider gastric plication surgery:

  • Your BMI (body mass index) is 30 or more, indicating that you are overweight. This is lower than most bariatric surgeries, which are for individuals with morbid obesity with a BMI of 40 or above. Obesity-related health concerns with a BMI of 35.
  • You’ve tried less invasive methods but still haven’t lost enough weight : Diet, exercise, behavioral therapy and medical weight loss with medications are all examples of this.
  • You’ve shown that you’re serious about reducing weight, improving your health, and adopting long-term lifestyle changes.
  • This includes making long-term changes to your food, exercise routine, and behavior. Accepting a lifelong need to limit food portions and adjust food preferences will also be required.

Obesity-related health problems can be reduced by bariatric surgery and lifestyle adjustments in general.

  • Breast, colon, kidney, liver, ovarian, pancreatic, and thyroid cancers are among the most common cancers.
  • Gallbladder disease and kidney disease are symptoms of fatty liver disease.
  • Heart disease, high blood pressure, excessive cholesterol, and stroke are all risk factors for stroke.
  • Osteoarthritis and other types of discomfort.
  • Diabetes type 2.

How’s gastric plication performed?

In a hospital, doctors use general anesthesia to execute gastric plication. To put you in a deep sleep, a combination of intravenous (IV) medications and gases is administered. You won’t feel any pain during the process because you’ll be sleeping.

Gastric plication is a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure. It entails creating 5 to 6 abdominal incisions. To execute the operation, your doctor will put small surgical instruments through the incisions. Your doctor will use these instruments to make large stomach folds and structure them in place. The stomach folds diminish the size of your stomach by roughly 70%, it takes 1 to 2 hours to complete the process.

There will be no stapling or cutting of your stomach. As a result, the technique is reversible and can be converted to another procedure in the future.

What to expect of your gastric plication?

On the day of your procedure, here’s what to expect. This is what happens on the day of your operation in general:

  • Your doctor will review your preoperative test and findings, ensure that all essential documentation is completed, and maybe perform a brief physical examination.
  • Your medical history will be discussed with our medical team.
  • Before they transport you to the operating room, the surgical team will give you a sedative to help you relax.
  • After the surgery, you’ll wake up in our recovery area. Where your doctor will indicate if you need to stay or if you can return home.

What should I do to get ready for a gastric plication procedure?

In general, you can prepare for surgery by doing the following:

  • Having a good understanding of your health and medical history.
  • List all your medications, including prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, herbal supplements, and vitamins, as well as any drug allergies you have.
  • As recommended, no eating or drinking before surgery. If you eat or drink too soon before your operation, your doctor may decide to postpone it.
  • If you smoke, quit as soon as possible to aid in your recovery after surgery.
  • Taking or discontinuing drugs according to the instructions. Your doctor will provide you with detailed advice on how to take your medications and supplements.

What should I expect following a gastric plication procedure?

It’s easier to plan and prepare for a good recovery when you know what to expect. Our patients who have this procedure lose weight in a similar way to those who have a gastric bypass procedure. In the first 6 to 12 months, patients will lose the majority of their excess weight (about 70%). In most people, full weight loss occurs within two years, and in some cases much sooner.

A gastric plication procedure takes a fraction of the time that most other weight-loss procedures do. Unlike lap band surgery, there will be no need to implant a medical device into the body, and no section of your stomach will be removed. Instead, stitches are used to shrink the stomach in a non-invasive procedure. Because the section of the stomach that controls this function will stay intact, your body will be able to absorb nutrients. If a complication occurs, gastric sleeve plication surgery can be reversed, whereas gastric sleeve surgery cannot. When a surgeon performs gastric sleeve surgery, a considerable section of the stomach is removed, and the procedure cannot be reversed.

How long will the recovery period take?

This surgery will make your stomach smaller, but it will still send a message to your brain alerting your body that your stomach is full far sooner than it would without it. The ghrelin-producing section of the stomach will not be eliminated, but because the stomach is considerably smaller, patients will feel full much sooner, allowing for consistent and long-term weight loss.

Here at VIDA Bariatrics, you can get an appointment with our medical team and certified, specialized surgeons, so you can know what’s the best method for your situation. You can learn everything you need to know about what to expect from a gastric plication surgery. Our experts at VIDA Bariatrics can answer all your concerns and assist you in making the best option when it comes to determining which operation will best help you achieve your weight-loss objectives.

Post Weight-Loss Surgery Guide

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Once you’ve decided to get weight loss surgery, you’ve gone through the different type of procedures and enquired about the dietary changes to prepare for your surgery, you might be wondering what happens after. Particularly to your body. How will you look? If you’ve been battling obesity for a long time, it’s important to acknowledge the challenges your physique will face after losing excess pounds.

There’s a lot of information regarding what you can expect immediately following the procedure, the post-surgery recovery time and lifestyle changes needed to make the most out of any bariatric surgery but not enough information on the long-term changes your body is going to experience. At VIDA Bariatrics, we are true believers that bariatric procedures are a priceless tool to help you kickstart your weight loss journey and effectively become healthier.

When it comes to getting the shape of your body back to its best, a bariatric approach might not be enough.

As we talk with patients who are considering weight-loss surgery, we realized that there are a lot of doubts regarding expectations once they’ve lost the weight. Once all of those extra pounds have been shed and their body is at a healthy state, what’s next? Once you feel great, will you look great?

It’s true that if you are trying to lose a tremendous amount of weight, bariatric surgery can do so much more than diet and exercise. However, what bariatric surgery cannot do is tighten your skin, lift your breasts or help rid those stubborn pockets of fat or rolls of skin in your body. Let’s go over some of the most common concerns and challenges patients deal with after weight loss surgery.

Will I have loose skin after weight-loss surgery?

Probably. Loose skin is usually the biggest downside of drastically losing weight, with or without the help from bariatric surgery. But since the benefits of having a healthy weight far outweigh the negatives, we feel it’s better to talk about this topic and mention some measures you can take in order to improve the tightness or amount of extra skin you have.

Why does this happen?

Let’s understand your skin. The largest organ of your body is made up of mostly collagen and elastin. Collagen’s role is to provide firmness while elastin’s is to provide elasticity. When you gain a considerable amount of weight, your skin will begin to expand. If the skin is stretched for a prolonged amount of time, the elastin and collagen will become permanently damaged and your skin will lose its capacity to shrink back. If weight loss surgery has finally helped you beat obesity, after years of struggling, it is highly likely that you’ll be left with excess skin hanging from different areas of your body.

It might be incredibly frustrating to look at the scale and see a number you feel satisfied with, look at your bloodwork numbers and know you’ve restored your body back to health and yet, look at the mirror and see excess skin hanging everywhere!

What can you do?

If you only had a small amount of weight to lose, your skin might shrink back after some time. Other patients report satisfactory enough results after following a healthy diet and exercise routine. When that doesn’t cut it, there are several cosmetic surgery options that can help. Patients report the best results with a combination of liposuction and skin removal surgery. Post weight loss plastic surgeries address these concerns and deliver the best results possible, every single time.  

Will I need a tummy tuck after weight-loss surgery?

One common area is the abdomen since this area in our bodies is a pro at storing unwanted fat. Excess sagging skin in the abdomen can be effectively removed with a post weight loss tummy tuck. During this procedure, your VIDA surgeon will remove excess skin and leave your tummy looking rejuvenated and smooth.

Are my breasts going to sag after weight loss surgery?

Another problem area, the breasts are very sensitive to drastic weight changes. Both men and women might find that their chest area is affected after dramatic weight loss.

Why does this happen?

Breasts are composed primarily of fat tissue. While men and women have a different ratio of fat tissue when you gain a lot of weight, fat cells within the breast tissue expand while weight loss causes fat cells to shrink. Apart from gravity and age, that naturally promote breasts to sag, the firmness on the skin around your breasts loses elasticity after extreme weight loss.  This is particularly inevitable after massive weight loss.

What can you do? 

The best strategy is to talk with your doctor about possible solutions to help you minimize breast sagging and measures to take if it happens.

Breast lift after weight loss.

A Breast lift performed after drastic weight loss is performed specifically to address not only sagginess but also the excess skin that needs to be removed. When planning a breast lift, your doctor will discuss with you the expected results and if the addition of breast implants would also be a good option for you.  This approach is usually the most effective and the best resource to restore a firm, full and attractive cleavage.

Gynecomastia after weight loss.

Some male patients have excess fat in their chest area due to obesity. When they lose the weight, it is possible that the deposit of fat in their chest is resistant to this. This condition is known as pseudo-gynecomastia. If diet and exercise don’t work, male breast reduction surgery can give you a flat, more masculine look in your chest.

Whatever your concerns regarding your post-weight loss life, contact the expert team at VIDA Bariatrics so we can help you make the most out of your new weight. Call us now at 1 (619) 610-1667.

BEATING OBESITY: THE GASTRIC SLEEVE

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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
Virtual Consultation from the safety of your own home.

*Bariatric surgery results may vary in every person. A nutritional program follows bariatric surgery in order to achieve the best results.