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When does the stomach wound heal after sleeve gastrectomy and how to clean it?
Have you thought about a bariatric surgery to get rid of it? After the failure of strict diets or exercise, these surgeries became one of the most popular methods of getting rid of obesity.
Laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery in Egypt it is considered one of the most famous slimming operations that you can perform.. Complete the article to find out when the stomach wound will heal after the gastric sleeve surgery
gastric sleeve surgery
It is one of the techniques used in slimming operations, where the doctor cuts a large part of the stomach, about two thirds of the stomach, and leaves a very small part that resembles a banana, which will help you feel full quickly, which will reduce the amount of food that you will eat.
Obesity surgeries began about two decades ago in the nineties of the last century, and it was an open surgery, and it was a major operation, where the surgeon makes a large incision in the abdomen and then removes the stomach with surgical tools and then closes the wound. The risk and complications are high To some extent, as was the infection rate..
Recently - and after the invention of the endoscope - the possibility of complications has decreased to a very large extent. With the endoscope, the doctor makes small incisions that do not exceed one centimeter and inserts the endoscope through one of them, where the endoscope helps him to see the abdominal cavity through a very small camera installed at its tip and You show a video on a special screen, then he removes the large part of the stomach through other surgical tools and then closes those small wounds after the operation is completed.
The risk of infection is greatly reduced, and the recovery time after the operation is reduced because the wounds are small, so it is approximately two to three weeks.
How do you take care of the wound after the gastric sleeve operation?
- After the operation, you will return to your home after about two days of staying in the hospital for observation, and in that period after the operation in your home, you must take care of the wound until it is completely healed.
Changing the dressings on the wounds is a sure thing, and the doctor will determine it with you immediately after the operation.
– Before starting any step, hands must be washed well with soap for at least half a minute, and when changing the wound, the following must be observed:
- When removing the old dressing from the skin, it must be removed slowly, and hands must be washed well before
- Sterilize the wound well with the materials your doctor has prescribed for you, and remove any remnants of dry blood around the wound
- Dry the wound well before applying the new dressing.
- Be sure to wash your hands again and never use old bandages again
One of the success cases of Dr. Mohamad Tag El-Din
What happens when you deal with the wrong wounds?
Some complications may occur if the wounds are handled incorrectly, and you should contact your doctor immediately if you suffer from any of the following:
- Feeling of swelling, redness, or bleeding from the wound again, and pain at the site of the wound
- Change in the appearance of the wound
- When there is an abscess around the wound
- When you have a fever
- A foul odor emanating from the wound site
- The wound does not heal within the expected duration
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Conducted by Dr. Mohamed Tag El Din The best gastric sleeve surgeon in Egypt About 2500 operations The success rates of operations conducted by Dr. Tag El-Din have reached more than 95%. We use American powered staplers. We work with the GST system, which gives the highest safety rates.
