Bariatric surgery: indications, pluses and minuses

Excess weight recently suffers a lot of people and the problem only increases, many diseases can not be cured by any known methods, so a method such as bariatrics has become very interesting. The fact is that this method shows the highest results, without harmful consequences, it is ideal in the fight against morbid obesity. Just such severe forms of obesity are the biggest problem today, when the weight index of BMI is equal to or more than 40.

Bariatric surgery, how they pass

Surgery, which is done to reduce weight, is not just the removal of excess, it is very important to reach the mainTwo purposes:

• needs to reduce the stomach in volume so that it can not consume a lot of food at one time;
• also requires that the small intestine become less sucked up by nutrients and there is no excess.

Bariatric surgery today has several effective operations that can achieve weight reduction and the above requirements:

• gastric volume management by bandage( bandage);
• bypass;
• bypass biliopancreatic;
• sleeve gastroplasty.

Methods, apparently, are not small, but each of them ideally suits or has its drawbacks depending on the individual condition of the patient. In addition, each method can be contraindicated to the patient by survey results or other reasons, then you can apply another.

Gastric banding is one of four methods that is especially popular among patients. It is worthwhile to consider it in more detail, as one of the examples of bariatric surgery.

The method is simple and at the same time effective, in this case the stomach is divided into two halves, larger and smaller with the help of a silicone ring. Depending on the size of the stomach, a small stomach is made with a volume of 50-200 ml, as a result, such a small volume is very quickly filled and the person is saturated. Then the food gradually enters the large part of the stomach, and the septum from the silicone ring can be adjusted, thus, the weight loss is controlled. Of course, this method is very good, primarily because the normal physiological process of ingestion into the stomach is not disturbed, food is ingested, digested and absorbed by all nutrients in the usual way. You can also set the correct volume for the stomach, but no deletions are done, and the installed bandage can easily be removed. This method allows you to gradually reduce for 1-2 years to 60% of excess weight.

Who needs bariatric surgery

The body mass index, which is the weight index, is the main indicator for the decision on the need for such an operation, while, as already mentioned, this BMI index should be not lower than 40. Although in special cases, for example, if a large weightPresses on the joints, diabetes or arthritis, the operation can do with a lower BMI, but not lower than 35.

Even with such efficacy of bariatric surgery, the doctors themselves say that surgery is an extreme way to get rideniya by weight. First, it is recommended to go through the whole course of diets, therapeutic exercises, medicinal methods and only then you can resort to surgical intervention. For example, abroad, sometimes a patient needs to provide documentary evidence that he has experienced almost all of the available weight loss methods for him.

Pros of bariatric surgery

With this method of treatment of overweight and obesity, there is a major plus - it is a 100% weight reduction, with no reverse weight gain. This method is especially good for those who simply can not control themselves in food and constantly suffer from overeating, who can not lose weight by any diets, and physical education is contraindicated to him. As already mentioned, this is an irreversible method, due to this, a person knows that once he has lost weight, he will not grow fat anymore, which is so important for fat people - to live with the confidence that he will always be in the mirror.

Another clear plus, this weight loss without physical exertion, the patient does not suffer from painful operations and does not strain. You do not even need to make an effort and restrain yourself, eat in time and in grammes. It is very important psychological state of a person, because on simple diets people suffer psychologically, at first they do not eat, and then they are nervous because of sudden disruptions. Often losing weight, through diet and exercise, forever become haters of feasts. In the case of a bandage, you can eat almost everything, but there are small restrictions.

It is also worth noting that the person restores other functions of the body and improves health. For example, the metabolism is restored and many of the diseases that are associated with it are lost, the musculoskeletal system is strengthened. Patients have a new lifestyle, as a rule, he is active and cheerful, moral self-esteem of a person rises, complexes and self-abasement go off, which is very important. Almost all directions of life noticeably improve.

What could be the problem?

Despite its novelty, bariatric surgery has been improved for a long time, and therefore a number of methods were rejected that later showed their negative results. There were such ways, because of which there were serious complications. Now, these four methods have remained, they have been improved taking into account all complex moments, they are safe and effective.

It's safe to say that dangers such bariatric operations do not represent, but considering that this is a physical intervention in the body, the word safety must be properly understood. The operation is in itself a risk, therefore it is necessary to approach the issue with understanding first, first of all to weigh the pros and cons, any risk should be taken into account. If you bring the dry statistics, then they are - of the 400 people doing such operations, only one dies.

Like many other operations, bariatric intervention requires medical evaluation, and not just the wishes of the client, and such an operation will not work in a plastic clinic. Despite the fact that the appearance as a whole is changing, this is not a simple plastic surgery, obesity, it is a very serious disease and its treatment requires a serious medical approach.

Cons of bariatric surgery

In everything you can find cons, including here they are. When a person sheds a lot of weight, the skin hangs in any case. These surpluses somehow need to be removed through plastic surgery. How would you in the process of gradually losing weight did not try in terms of physical education, stretching and surplus tissue can not be completely eliminated. You can not leave them just like that, it will be too obvious, you can even name the most susceptible to this place: hips on the inside, belly and, of course, the upper hand.

Also worth mentioning is another serious drawback. Due to the correction of the stomach, minerals, nutrients and vitamins can be inadequate to the body, which is why some patients develop anemia and other health problems. In this case, you need to use medicamental treatment, supplying the body with the necessary substances and vitamins. As a rule, it goes by itself, the body adapts itself and accustoms to eating less food. Doctors recommend to follow certain rules of nutrition and not to burden the body, after a while the problem will be solved.

If a person underwent a bariatric surgery, he should in any case be observed at the doctor's office regularly, this will allow to timely eliminate the deviation or notice a worsening of the condition. But I want to note that those people who go through such methods of losing weight, all the same leave only positive feedback, without complaints and regrets.