There is no doubt that obesity is a major cause of a number of serious and potentially life-threatening diseases. The condition can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and it has also been linked to some cancers, including breast cancer and colon cancer. A recent study reported by Medical News Today even suggested a link between obesity and pancreatic cancer.
Furthermore, the condition can severely damage a person's quality of life, leaving them immobile and often triggering depression. Based on these factors, it is not difficult to understand why excessively overweight individuals look to various weight loss interventions in order to combat their obesity.
Bariatric surgery is surgery for weight loss, recommended to patients when diet and exercise have not worked, or when the patient has serious health issues due to being overweight. It helps reduce the risk of weight-related health problems such as GERD, heart disease, high blood pressure, severe sleep apnea, type-2 diabetes and stroke.
HEALIX Surgical & Gastro centre offers patients surgical treatment, health improvement and long-term management of severe or morbid obesity, which has become a serious concern in Hyderabad,
Weight-loss surgery changes the patient’s digestive system and helps him or her lose weight by limiting food intake or reducing the absorption of nutrients, or both. Every patient is assessed and counselled, in depth about the benefits, shortfalls and actual weight loss.
Treatments & Procedures
Surgeons at Healix perform one of two laparoscopic bariatric surgical procedures to achieve the weight loss, based on the patient’s medical history and health condition.
- The size of the stomach is reduced by surgically removing a part of it in a Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- In Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, considered the gold standard for bariatric surgery, surgeons create a small stomach pouch using staples. The first segment of the small intestine is then ‘bypassed’ and the rest is joined to the opening, giving the stomach less time to absorb fats from food.