Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery (Bariatric Surgery)
Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery (Bariatric Surgery)
One way to tackle obesity is with bariatric surgery. This type of surgery involves removing or reducing the size of your stomach. Bariatric surgery typically leads to rapid weight loss. Gastric sleeve surgery is one of several types of bariatric surgery options. Medical professionals usually call it vertical sleeve gastrectomy. In this article, you’ll take a closer look at what’s involved with gastric sleeve surgery, including its effectiveness and possible complications.
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What does gastric sleeve surgery entail?
Gastric sleeve surgery is almost always done as a minimally invasive procedure using a laparoscope. This means a long, thin tube is inserted into your abdomen through several small incisions. This tube has a light and a tiny camera attached to it as well as various instruments.
Gastric sleeve surgery is done using general anesthesia, which is medicine that puts you into a very deep sleep and requires a ventilator to breathe for you during the surgery.
The surgery entails dividing your stomach into two unequal parts. About 80 percent of the outer curved part of your stomach is cut away and removed.
The edges of the remaining 20 percent are then stapled or sutured together. This creates a banana-shaped stomach that’s only about 25 percent of its original size.
You’ll be in the operating room about an hour. Once the surgery is complete, you’ll be moved to the recovery room for postoperative care. You’ll be in the recovery room for another hour or so while you wake up from the anesthesia.
The small incisions in your abdomen typically heal quickly. The minimally invasive nature of the surgery helps you recover faster than a procedure where your abdomen is opened with a larger incision.
Unless there are complications, you should be able to go home within 2 or 3 days after the surgery.