This option is recommended for people who are overweight more than 50% of its maximum weight and is sometimes the only viable alternative for extreme cases.

This type of surgery, also called bariatric, has revolutionized the treatment of obesity, since people with morbid obesity, previously had no solution and only option they remained before complications that eventually causes overweight.

This type of surgery is performed in Chihuahua by specialists in surgery, specifically trained in this procedure. Before operating, the doctor evaluates the person as much risk they are going to have to decide whether the greater the danger of living with obesity than entering the operating room, even though today is a minimally invasive surgery . Currently uses two types of bariatric surgery, restrictive and mixed.

Constraints:

* It consists of placing a gastric band at the top of the stomach, leaving only a small space to receive the food, causing early satiety.

* The most modern bands can regulate the amount of food that passes the digestive system.

Mixed (restriction and malabsorption):

* The part of the stomach stapling, the same principle as above.

* Cut a piece of small intestine, which is positioned to connect the pouch of the stomach with the end of the intestine to prevent them from being absorbed from whole foods.

If you have obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, has a body mass index greater than 40 and obesity has not been corrected despite numerous medical treatments you may be a good candidate for this surgery .

In recent years obesity has become a global epidemic and the second leading cause of preventable death. Because it affects the entire body, increasing the risk of severe complications associated with the World Health Organization-WHO-considered the most chronic health problem XXI century.

To curb it, even to control or eliminate the conditions that trigger it, there is bariatric surgery. Its name is derived from the words “baros”, which means weight, and “iatrein” treatment. Is the use of various surgical techniques to modify the anatomy of the stomach to reduce its size. In this way the intake and decreased calorie intake and therefore lost weight and not recovered, said Karen Alvarez, a nutritionist.

The practice of this procedure began in 1950 as a response to the failures in the medical and nutritional management of obesity. Today we have the technology necessary to perform this surgery using different techniques, ie endoscopic or laparoscopic way, according to the needs of each patient.

According to Jose Pablo Velez, a specialist in laparoscopic bariatric surgery, the goal is that obese people lose significant amounts of weight and abnormal fat lodged in his body. This not only seeks to recover their self-esteem and adequately incorporated into society, but especially in the patient or decrease the risk of associated diseases. It is suggested when the Body Mass Index-BMI-40 is greater than 35, and is presented cardiopulmonary disease, diabetes miellitus, potentially treatable joint disease or sleep apnea, among other disorders.

What kind of bariatric procedures do you practice?

We offer the RY gastric bypass laparoscopi, and anneu laparoscopic adjustable gastric our medical center (Metropolitan Surgery Center-CMC) and the RY gastric bypass and laparoscopic biliopancreatic bypass, laparoscopic DS at University Health Center (MUHC). Patients who are super-super obese (over 400 pounds) or patients with medical problems or complex surgery are not candidates for the CMC. Consequently, they can be operated at the MUHC.

We practice of revision surgeries for patients who failed their weight loss after bariatric surgery underwent some here or elsewhere: gastric banding, vertical gastroplasty or bypass clogged jéjunéale performed by us or elsewhere). We practice all these revisions by laparoscopy with a success rate of 95%.

Several reasons motivate people suffering from morbid obesity to resort to bariatric surgery:

• An important study by Dr. Christou has shown that bariatric surgery can reduce the risk of premature death by 89% in morbidly obese patients operated on and lose enough weight, when compared to morbidly obese patients who have not been made.
• Patients who are morbidly obese have much higher rates of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease than non-obese patients. These health problems are improved or eliminated following a successful weight loss in almost 90% of patients.
• Diets usually do not work long term. Only 3 to 5% of all people trying to lose weight by this method successfully maintain their weight over five years.
• Medical experts have determined that bariatric surgery was the only permanent solution for weight loss. The NIH of the United States has in fact met in 1991 and 1996, a pannel of experts and earned a decisive consensus that bariatric surgery was the best way to lose weight in the morbidly obese, when all other methods have failed for them. That consensus has since been repeated by other experts.

Bariatric surgery is the collective term for all surgical treatments for morbid obesity. Gastric bypass surgery is one of the surgical treatments through bariatric surgery. Morbid obesity has become a major health problem in the human world, because this can cause the development of many diseases that threaten life and even premature death. It is characterized by severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue.

When obese people have tried everything from diet and exercise but nothing worked for them, in turn surgical procedures to lose much of your unwanted weight. Gastric bypass surgery is one of the most popular choices made by patients – even Hollywood celebrities are experiencing this type of procedure.

Gastric bypass surgery is to make the stomach smaller and allows food to bypass part of the small intestine. This will change much of their eating habits because you will feel full more quickly thereby reducing the amount of food you eat and the amount of calories consumed. Because food bypasses part of the intestine, fewer calories will be absorbed by your body and this will lead to greater weight loss.

When gastric bypass surgery is performed, the patient is forced to stay in the hospital at least four to six days after the procedure. If the procedure is performed with laparoscopic approach, then at least two to three day hospital stay required. The recovery period before people can return to normal activities may take about three to five weeks after the procedure.

One major obstacle after the procedure is controlled by diet and eating procedure. First, may experience dumping syndrome. This occurs when food moves too quickly through the stomach and intestines. This is because your system has yet to adjust to their new creation. The symptoms of dumping syndrome include nausea, weakness, sweating, fainting, and even diarrhea soon after eating. High-calorie sweet foods make symptoms even worse.

Living with gastric bypass surgery certainly change the way they live. You will have different diet compared with family members, will continue to lose weight for the next twelve months and will be more comfortable with your new image. Not all people who are obese can have the procedure though. There are some qualification requirements or you have to go before this procedure is recommended. If you have problems with alcohol or appetite, it is advised for this type of procedure. More surgical procedures to lose weight and your doctor may give you alternative ways to lose that excess weight.