Intraoperative Imaging Blog

Obesity increases the risk of developing many serious diseases, a greater degree of obesity, the greater the chance for suffering and also in more serious so is better to use Bariatric surgery.

Major complications
* Heart problems
* Diabetes
* Hypertension
* Sleep Apnea
* Joint injuries (in weight-bearing joints: knees, back, etc)
Minor complications
* Dyslipidemia (elevated triglycerides and decreased HDL cholesterol) Readmore…

The techniques used in bariatric surgery are based on two principles:

• FOOD RESTRICTION: by reducing the stomach capacity, the patient eats less food, since it is satisfied earlier. The ball, band, tube gastrectomy and gastric bypass use this principle. Even if the balloon should be considered more invasive technique such as surgery.

• FOOD MALABSORPTION by making the food no longer go through certain sections of stomach and intestine, is looking for decreased absorption of ingested food. Gastric bypass, the duodenal and biliopancreatic diversion are techniques that combine the principle restrictive and malabsorption of food components.

Based on these principles are three types of bariatric surgery techniques: Readmore…

For three months after bariatric surgery, patients must slowly increase their intake of food from nothing, to a liquid diet to small meals. According to the Mayo Clinic, eating so little food never comes without side effects.

Hair Loss
1. According to the New York University Medical Center, nearly every bariatric surgery patient experiences hair loss after surgery. However, after six months the hair typically returns.

Nausea
2. Nausea is common directly after surgery as well as anytime you eat more than the recommended amount of food.

Excess Skin
3. Once the weight begins to drop rapidly, loose skin will be left to hang. Many patients ultimately seek cosmetic surgery to tighten this loose skin.

Gallstones
4. As many as ten percent of people who have bariatric surgery will develop gallstones and will need to have their gallbladders removed.

Deficiencies
5. Due to the dietary limitations placed on patients after bariatric surgery, nutritional deficiencies are a somewhat common side effect. This can result in osteoporosis or anemia.

Bariatric surgery is used to change the anatomy of your digestive system to aid in weight loss. There are different types of Bariatric surgery, but their goal is similar to decrease the amount of food you consume. This is achieved by either decreasing the size of your stomach or by limiting the amount of nutrients you absorb.

There are millions of people in the United States that are overweight or obese; this obesity leads to a number of health related problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.

Obesity is described as in terms of the body mass index (BMI). The BMI is calculated using an individual’s height and weight, where the weight in kilograms is divided by the height squared.

If your BMI is over 30 then you are considered obese, and a BMI of 40 plus, an individual is considered morbidly obese. Doctors offer bariatric surgery to patients who are severely obese, where lifestyle changes have been ineffective.

If you are considering bariatric surgery, weigh all the possible risks with the benefits. Your doctor can help you to make your decision. Bariatric surgery is not in itself a solution if not accompanied by the necessary lifestyle and diet changes.

10 percent of people undergoing this surgery are unsuccessful at losing weight based on their inability to stay true to the new lifestyle or due to complications caused by the surgery. Readmore…