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The risks of the gastric sleeve surgery and who are the candidates for the operation?
يعتبر إجراء Laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery in Egypt is better than open surgery, especially since it does not require stitches, as it is performed through 4 small incisions in the abdomen through which surgical tools connected to a camera are inserted at the end to enable the doctor to see while undergoing surgery
After the gastric sleeve surgery, only 25% of it remains, and the rest is stapled to reduce the amount of food eaten, in addition to controlling the hunger hormone.
The operation is done by reducing the size of the stomach and getting rid of more than 70% of its size to accommodate only a cup of food; The feeling of satiety increases, and the part that is removed produces a greater rate of hormones responsible for hunger and appetite, so the new changes result in an increase in the feeling of satiety in a short period and thus weight loss over time.
المرشحون لعملية تكميم المعدة بالمنظار
- Those who have a body mass index less than 35
- Those who suffer from health problems and diseases that may improve after getting rid of excess weight, such as diabetics whose blood sugar levels improve after getting rid of obesity, and the secretion of the hormone insulin increases and its effectiveness improves.
- Those who are obese and all regular methods of exercise and diet have failed to lose weight
- People who eat large amounts of food or love sugar
- The person should not be a smoker, or completely quit smoking before and after the operation.
- The patient is not eligible for bariatric surgery such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or gastric sleeve surgery
Sometimes, a gastric sleeve is resorted to because of a large liver or extensive scar tissue in the intestine that makes gastric bypass impossible.
- It is therefore a safe and effective strategy for patients at high risk.
- Elderly patients
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease)
- severely enlarged liver
- Severe adhesions (scarring) of the intestines
Gastric sleeve surgery risks
- There are some symptoms that may affect some people after surgery, including:
- Excessive salivation
- burning
- Nausea
- cramping
- Vomiting
- the pain
- Thirst
Leakage after gastric sleeve surgery: This is the biggest risk that can affect the patient after the operation, and symptoms usually include stomach abdominal pain.
In some cases, the staples may not be installed correctly, or the patient may not follow the instructions after the operation, especially the nutritional instructions and the amount of food he should eat, which damages the wound before healing is complete, causing “stomach leak”
Gastric leakage occurs as a result of the arrival of the digestive juices secreted by the stomach through these poorly fixed or damaged pins to the abdominal cavity
Leakage is one of the most serious complications of gastric sleeve surgery, which can affect the patient's health and the results of the operation as well, and make the recovery from the operation not go according to plan.
Leak symptoms include:
- Vomiting, nausea and feeling unwell
- Reduction of Blood pressure
- Decreased urine output
- High temperature or fever
- Dizziness
- rapid heart rate
-Pain in the left shoulder or chest area
- Stomach pain gradually worsens and the abdomen is bulged or swollen
- shortness of breath
