Vertical Sleeve Surgery
Vertical sleeve surgery: trouble-free option to loose your weight…!
How vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery works can you clarify…?
Can high BMI patients get positive result?
What are advantages and disadvantages of vertical sleeve surgery…..?
Focus on occurrence of complications……..!
Hunger makes people greedy of food and if it is tasty then your desires doesn’t stops. This led to obesity and to remove obesity vertical sleeve surgery is best decision. Vertical sleeve surgery was launched by Dr. Johnston of England. 15 surgeons execute vertical sleeve surgery worldwide. Vertical sleeve surgery is usually performed to loose weight. Vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery makes the size of stomach small in compare to exact size which patients have. Vertical sleeve surgery hampers the quantity of food without malabsorption. By vertical sleeve surgery fats of the upper portion of stomach is detached. It reduces feeling of hunger by purging ghrelin hormone production.
In vertical sleeve surgery stomach is basically cut into half vertical instead of separating it by two horizontal half and removes up to 85% of it. Three quarters of stomach is eliminated along exterior curvature. The form of the stomach after vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery looks like a thin tube or banana and measures from 40-60cc depending upon surgeons. Pyloric valves functions properly which is used to discharge food from stomach to small intestine.
Vertical sleeve surgery is the best option for those who can not go for vertical bypass surgery because of health problem like high obesity. Within a month you will realize the effect of vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery.
Advantages of vertical sleeve surgery:
- Dimension of stomach is reduced which allow small amount of food.
- Ghrelin secretion scrap is removed which stimulates hunger.
- Lessen the probability of ulcer occurring.
- Chance of intestinal blockage, vitamin and protein deficiency, anemia e.t.c. are abolished,
- Shows high effect as a first stage on high BMI patients (BMI>55kg/m2) and partial results are promising as single stage for low BMI patients (BMI<35-45kg/m2)
Disadvantages of vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery:
- Risk and leakage can exist because vertical sleeve surgery involves stapling.
- Stomach can’t reverse back after removal.
- High BMI patients can go through second stage also to eradicate rest weight.
Deep vein thrombophlebitis, postoperative bleeding, non fatal pulmonary embolus, pneumonia, small bowel obstruction, gastric leak and fistula, splennectomy, acute respiratory distress syndrome and death may occur while vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery.
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