Bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery is a well-known term in recent times. Basically, it is about procedures to help patients lose weight by restricting the amount of food that the stomach can receive. The main objective of these surgeries is to reduce the size of the patient’s stomach, causing a feeling of fullness after eating a small amount of food. In this way, patients will absorb fewer calories after surgery. This trend of performing weight loss surgery has been gaining strength every day for approximately 20 years, but what are the most popular bariatric surgeries in New York?
Bariatric surgery is the most effective and aggressive way to treat and cure obesity. It is recommended that all patients do analysis and learn about the different types of bariatric surgery and how they can help to lose weight significantly. Most bariatric surgeries are performed with minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopic or single-incision surgery. The most popular procedures in New York City these days are the gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and gastric band.
The laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (more commonly known as the gastric sleeve), is performed by cutting and removing up to 80% of the stomach. The remaining stomach, often called a “sleeve,” is made by removing approximately 80% of the stomach. The remaining stomach is about the size and shape of a banana. The new sleeve or stomach will retain less food and less liquid. This helps reduce the number of calories that the body receives. By removing this large portion of the stomach, the hunger hormone is also being removed or removed. This surgery also has an effect on the patient’s metabolism, decreases hunger, increases feelings of fullness, and helps the body reach and maintain a healthy weight.
The advantages of this procedure are: shorter surgery time, it is suitable for patients with high-risk medical conditions, and severe obesity. Its great advantage is that weight loss is effective and improves obesity-related diseases.
One of the disadvantages of this procedure is that it is not reversible. That is why it is necessary for patients to do a thorough search of the advantages and disadvantages of each of the weight loss procedures. It is also possible that gastric reflux and heartburn appear, but their impact on the metabolism is less compared to other types of procedures. Patients who undergo this procedure experience a loss of excess weight of up to 80% within the first year after surgery. The gastric sleeve complication rate is less than 1%.
The gastric bypass is one of the first weight loss surgeries that have been performed for more than 50 years, advancing laparoscopic techniques and perfecting them since the 1990s. This is one of the most common and effective procedures in the treatment of diseases that develop because of obesity. In this procedure, the stomach is divided into a smaller pouch that is about the size of an egg. in this way the stomach will no longer store or digest the same amount of food. The small intestine is also divided and connected to the new stomach pouch to allow food to pass through. For this reason, gastric bypass is known as the Y-procedure, because at the end of the procedure, an intestinal connection that resembles the shape of the letter Y results.
Gastric bypass works in several ways. Like many weight loss procedures, they focus on creating a much smaller stomach pouch that can hold less food. By eating less food, you’re also eating fewer calories. Also, the food does not come into contact with a part of the small intestine and this results in less absorption. The most relevant thing about this procedure is that modifying the course of food through the intestinal tract will have a great effect on reducing hunger, increasing the feeling of fullness, and achieving a healthy weight. This impact on hormones often results in an improvement in diabetes and reduced gastric reflux.
One of the great advantages of this procedure is a reliable and lasting weight loss, it is effective for the remission of conditions associated with obesity. As well as having many advantages, patients need to be aware of some disadvantages of this well-known and popular procedure in New York City. This procedure compared to a gastric sleeve or gastric band, there is a risk of complications and obstruction of the small intestine, and there is also a risk of developing ulcers if the patient is a regular tobacco user.
Gastric bypass has a success rate of approximately 90% in patients who undergo this procedure and adhere to the changes in habits and lifestyle that this implies in the first year after surgery. The complication rate for this procedure is 3%, which is higher than the gastric sleeve, but it is still a very strong option for morbidly obese patients.
The adjustable gastric band is a silicone device that is placed around the upper part of the stomach to limit the amount of food a person can eat. This procedure has been available in the United States since the beginning of 2001. It should be noted that this procedure has very little impact on obesity-related diseases and long-term weight loss. This device is placed around the upper part of the stomach creating a small pouch over the newly implanted band. The feeling of fullness will depend on the size of the bag and the rest of the stomach.
The size can be adjusted with a few fluid injections, food passes normally through the stomach but is limited by the small opening of the sleeve depending on the size of the opening between the pouch and the rest of the stomach. One of the great advantages of this procedure is that complications immediately after the procedure are less than 1%. the intestine or stomach is not divided in this procedure, it is considered a less invasive surgery. The band can be removed if necessary. There is no risk of deficiency in vitamins and minerals. The great disadvantage of this procedure is that the band may need many adjustments and constant visits to the health care provider during the first year after the procedure, and the weight loss is slower and not in great amounts as with other surgical procedures.
What Are The Risks Of The Most Popular Bariatric Surgery In New York?
Any type of procedure has risks. These types of risks can vary based on overall health, age, the type of procedure chosen, and the amount of weight each patient wants to lose. For this, we recommend that you contact your medical provider to be aware of the risks that the procedure you choose may have. Risks of bariatric surgery may include:
- Bleeding;
- Infection in the area of the sutures;
- intestinal obstruction;
- Heart problems;
- Gallstones that may appear after the procedure;
- Poor wound healing when it comes to laparoscopic surgery;
- Gastric Reflux.
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How Does Surgery Compare With Medical Weight Loss?
People who have a surgical or non-surgical procedure tend to lose more weight if they adhere to the medical team’s recommendations and begin an exercise routine. Surgery is likely to help improve health conditions that are related to obesity. In cases like diabetes, sleep apnea can be improved after undergoing a weight loss procedure. There are also patients who can lose a large amount of weight with a medical weight loss program and medical nutrition therapy. However, these patients who lose weight with doctor-supervised packs tend to experience the Yo-Yo effect and gain more than twice the weight they have lost.
There are many factors that will determine what type of weight loss surgery each patient needs. Regardless of the procedure you choose, you need to understand that it takes total commitment and discipline to adhere to changes in lifestyle and eating habits to achieve weight loss and keep it off. We know that patients often have fears when choosing a weight loss procedure due to the complications they may have, the long recovery time, the hospital bills that can reach the roof, and the prolonged absence from work or study. For this reason, we also want to mention two very popular non-surgical weight loss procedures in New York City such as:
- Endoscopic gastric sleeve or ESG: It is a minimally invasive treatment, without cuts or incisions that allows reducing the size of the stomach to ensure great weight loss. This treatment is outpatient and non-surgical, in this procedure an endoscope is inserted through the mouth, passing through the esophagus until reaching the stomach. There is a professional team that uses a suture device to fold and sew the stomach to reduce its size and make patients feel satisfied with smaller portions of food. After this procedure, patients return home to rest for a couple of days and can return to their normal activities without any restrictions.
- The Orbera gastric balloon is a non-surgical procedure to lose weight quickly and effectively. It is a non-invasive procedure, with no cuts, scars, or long hospital stays. On the same day of the procedure, patients can go home. It involves implanting a silicone balloon in the stomach to make the patient feel fuller and start losing weight quickly and effectively. This treatment lasts approximately 6 months, this procedure helps patients lose up to 3 times more weight than with diet and exercise alone.
At Innova Weight Loss Solutions we have a professional team of dieticians, nurses, and doctors who have extensive experience in obesity patients and weight loss procedures. The idea of our team is to accompany you before, during, and after the weight loss procedure. It is important that patients have real and clear goals to start a path to lose weight and achieve these goals. You can contact us or make an appointment in New York and Puerto Rico. We are ready to provide you with the tools and additional motivation you need to transform your life.
