2024-04-05 18:04:49
Weight is reduced by up to 40 percent.
According to Klaipėda University Hospital’s abdominal surgery doctor Dr. Oleg Deduchov, gastrectomy and bypass surgery is the “gold standard” in bariatric surgery.
“We are receiving more and more obese patients, and from now on we can apply the most effective treatment method to them. Gastric bypass surgery allows treating not only obesity, but also the patient’s co-morbidities. Blood pressure normalizes, the risk of cardiovascular diseases decreases. About 80 percent people recover from diabetes and no longer need to take medication. Patients no longer suffer from reflux, joint pain, and their overall well-being improves significantly.
It has been scientifically proven that after surgery, patients’ weight decreases by 40% in the long term, and according to long-term observation data, patients’ life expectancy increases by five years. Such figures are the most significant and the largest in obesity surgery”, – the doctor who performed the first operations mentioned the advantages.
To ensure the best result, it is important to follow the nutritional recommendations after surgery.
Changes the food pathway
As the specialist explained, gastric bypass surgery consists of two main stages. First, during a minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, the upper part of the stomach is separated from the rest of the stomach, forming a small stomach with a capacity of 1500-2000 ml to 50 ml. Subsequently, the reduced stomach is directly connected to the middle part of the small intestine and the digestive tract is shortened. During the operation, a bypass is created, allowing the food to pass through the rest of the stomach and part of the small intestine.
According to O. Deduchov, these changes limit the amount of food eaten, fewer calories and nutrients are absorbed. The operation ensures long-term weight loss. The altered food pathway alters the activity of certain hormones that suppress hunger and create feelings of satiety and reverse the metabolic syndrome caused by obesity.
On the feet on the same day
According to the doctor, this operation is technically difficult, but safe – it is equivalent to removing the gallbladder. Just a few hours after the operation, patients can move and drink, and return home the next day.
“I feel great. I have no doubts about the success of the operation and future developments. I have experienced myself that a person’s weight has a great influence on health and physical activity. Ten years ago, I gained weight that I couldn’t lose with diet. Extra kilograms tired the muscles, increased blood pressure, blood sugar, and made the work of the heart more difficult.
I have a stomach hernia, reflux was bothering me before the operation. I assessed the situation, that time is not in favor of my health, and the diseases can only worsen. I am determined to have gastric bypass surgery to be healthier. I trust medicine, its possibilities and such professional specialists as Oleg Deduchov, the surgeon who operated on me”, said patient Aleksandar on the first day after the gastric bypass and gastric bypass surgery, while actively walking around the hospital ward.
When is it done?
Gastric bypass surgery is used when other methods of treating obesity, such as diet and physical activity, are not effective, or when excess weight causes serious health problems.
Body mass index (BMI) is the main criterion used to suggest surgical treatment. For patients who complain of reflux, this is the most suitable surgical treatment for obesity.
According to O. Deduchova, the doctors of the Klaipėda University Hospital have been preparing and deepening their skills for several years in order to start performing gastric bypass and gastric bypass operations on patients.
“I trained to perform this operation with one of the best specialists in Europe – prof. Dr. Almantas Maleckas, in an internship in Tallinn. “Treatment of obesity is a team effort involving operating room staff, anesthesiologists, nurses, dieticians, endocrinologists, and family doctors,” said O. Deduchov.
According to the specialist, obesity has become the pandemic of this age. Overweight people are found in all age groups.
Bariatric surgery not only changes body shape, but also transforms lives. They offer hope to those struggling with weight, opening the door to a healthier and more active life. These operations are just one step forward. The most important thing is the patient’s willingness to change his lifestyle. Together, we can achieve great results and give patients the opportunity to live a fulfilling life”, said O. Deduchov.
2024-04-05 18:04:49