Bariatric surgery is an operation that helps you lose weight by making changes to your digestive system. Some types of bariatric surgeries make your stomach smaller, allowing you to eat and drink less at one time and making you feel full sooner.
Bariatric weight loss Surgery is a PERMANENT and EFFECTIVE solution for morbid obesity. Unlike fad diets and other quick fixes, weight loss/bariatric surgery will make sure you maintain a healthy lifestyle for a long. It not only gets rid of your excess weight but also reduces the risk of potentially life-threatening problems like Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Cancers, Sleep Apnea etc.
In a Gastric Band, the Surgeon places an inflatable band around the top part of the stomach, creating a small pouch with an adjustable opening.
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In Gastric Sleeve, the Surgeon removes about 80 percent of the stomach, creating a long, banana-shaped pouch.
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The surgeon staples the top part of the stomach, creating a small pouch and attaching it to the middle part of the small intestine.
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Various factors influence weight-loss after surgery. However, the average weight-loss* generally observed are:
At six months, you'll have lost a lot of weight. If you've had gastric bypass surgery, you will have lost about 30% to 40% of excess body weight. With gastric banding surgery, you lose 0.5 to 1 Kg a week - so by six months, you'll have lost 10 to 20 Kg.
The cost of bariatric surgery depends on Various factors. Type of the hospital, mode of payment, Insurance, Technology Used, Bariatric Surgery Type, Type of Anesthesia or Sedation, Qualification / Expertise of the specialist, Extent of the surgery needed, Patient’s diagnosis, Patient’s general health, Room Category selected by the patient and Other treatment required by the patient in conjunction.
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Bariatric surgery and its cost in Bangalore
As many people believe excessive fat and its aesthetic implications arethe only problem of obesityon the human body but it is not as some of the other associated serious health issues, like diabetes, hypertension, arthritis and cardiovascular diseases, among others can also cause due to this. For a long time the Western rich was being an exclusive place for this disorder but now in the developing countries like India as well obesity is emerging as a serious health concern. Obesity being one of the trap of lifestyle disorders a large part of the Indian population is falling into it with rapidly changing lifestyles, improper dietary habits and absence of physical activity in our lives. Over the past decade urban areas like Pune where rising incomes have increased particularly is increasing with the incidence of obesity. Obesity has also been found to reduce the life span of an individual by 13-20 years apart from affecting the quality of an individual’s life. It lost wages due to obesity related illness and costs the nation millions of rupees in medical expenses. Either to burn the excess body fat by exercise and work out or to restrict calorie intake by diet are the two options of scientific basis to lose weight. For this the available options are:
Being practiced all over the world for more than five decades bariatric (weight loss) surgery is a scientifically proven and well established method of weight reduction in addition to the above. People who are morbidly obesehas to undergo weight loss surgery which is the only permanent treatment. The average cost of bariatric surgery in Bangalore is ₹3,35,000.
Types of bariatric surgery
Under general anaesthesia all types of bariatric surgeries are done. A short stay in hospital is required for these minimally invasive surgeries, resumption of routine activities is also possible earlier and recovery after surgery is faster. There is usually shorter hospital stay, no post-operative ICU stay or bed rest and less loss of blood and damage to tissues since such procedures are as the name implies, minimally invasive.
Gastric banding
A feeling of fullness is provided for a longer time and the amount of food consumed at one time reduces due to a soft band placed at the upper part of the stomach. Hence, weight is lost.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
The stomach is made to look like a tube after removing about two-thirds of the stomach laparoscopically. Ghrelin hormone gets removed from the stomach.
Gastric bypass
In order to alter the digestion process and consume and absorb less food a part of small intestine is bypassed and the size of the stomach is reduced.