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Obesity surgeries are only scientifically proven method for morbid obese people to loose weight. Even though obesity surgeries are known as weight loss procedures, the real purpose is the eliminate the risks of diseases that obesity might cause. It patient is already sick due to obesiety, the operation treats them and helps in recovery. Reseaches show that obesity surgeries have a positive impact in the healing of many obesity related diseases.
Morbid obesity is a great risk factor for early death. As BMI (Body Mass Index) increases the risk increases along with it. People with 30 BMI are 1,3 times more likely to die early. When the BMI is 40, the risk is increased 3 times.
Obesity is a situation that advances in time and threathens the patients life.It reduces the life span by characterizing with excess fat accumulation. When the patients weight reaches to extreme levels, it is called MORBİD OBESİTY. It is a situation that causes countless medical, psychologic and social problems.
It is easy to learn is a person is obese or not. Anybody with a Body Mass Index (BMI) above 30 is considered obese.
“Obesity shouldn’t only be seen as an aesthetic problem”
Obesity is rarely a physiological problem. It can cause lethal complications if left untreated. Some of the diseases related to obesity are:
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Heart Disease • Hypertensione • Hypercholesteramia • Joint pain / Osteoarthritis / Gout • Respiratory Problems • Gastroesophageal Reflux • Infertility • Some cancers • Depression“Obesity is the second preventable death cause after smoking” – World Health Organization
You should know that obesity is not your destiny and you need to get rid of your excess weight.
“Don’t carry weights you can’t stand”
As Nişantaşı Hospital, we follow our patients for all their lives in addition to providing surgical treatments approved by the World Health Organization. In this process our expert team of Dietitians, General Surgeons, Endoocrinologists, Psychologists, Cardiologists and Bariatric Surgeons accompnay our patients in order to treat and prevent obesity and diseases related to it. Following our obesity management for life policy, we follow our patients’ diet, situation and progress through periodic examinations.
(Tube Stomach Surgey / Stomach Reduction)
Sleeve Gastrectomy is a procedure that provides weigt loss by reduces the size of the stomach. About 2/3s of the stomach is removed, and 1/3 is left. The stomach left is about the size of a banana. This procedure doesn’t require the intestines to be re-arranged. Therefore, it is a simple operation compared to Gastric Bypass..
How it helps you loose weight?
Digestion is normal. It reduces hunger since the part of the stomach that produces Ghrelin (hormone that causes hunger) is removed. Patients feel full with small portions of food. Contrary to gastric band and gastric bypass, patients can feel full with liquid foods too.
Gastric Bypass / Bipartition / Ileal Interposition
This procedure is chosen considering the level of diabetes and pancreas reserves. A stomach pocket is created. A bridge between the stomach and intestines is created to promote the production of hormones that treat diabetes.
How it helps to loose weight?
Since food consumption and calorie absorption is reduced the body will stop storing calories and start using the fat cells in the body as the energy source. Hormones that regulate sugar levels will get in the process and cure diabetes.
Patients who were operated before but lost less that 50% of their weight or still suffer from diseases such as diabetes can be reoperated. Each patient is evaluated individually and depending on the examination results best method of treatment is chosen.
How it helps to loose weight?
Patients who had a sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass surgery but regained the weight or suffer from diabetes are examined carefully. With the right procedures, patients get another chance to loose the excess weight.
It is a non-surgical procedure that is performed through endoscopy. It is the placement of a special balloon into the stomach, and it takes about 30 minutes.
How it helps to loose weight?
Gastric balloon fills up the stomach and creates a feeling of being full. It can be used with patients who can’t loose weight with diet and exercise or with whom surgery is risky. It is a simple procedure that is finished in a day and no hospitalization is needed. Gatric balloons must be removed between 6-12 months using endoscopy.