Bariatric Surgeries to Fight Obesity

Bariatric Surgeries to Fight Obesity A proper diet and exercise is the key to a healthy lifestyle for each of us. This is also the key to reaching and maintaining an appropriate weight. Excess weight and obesity is a condition that acts as a breeding ground for various other lifestyle-related ailments that can eventually turn fatal. Although, obesity in itself may not cause fatality; it does increase the risk of complications and is even more alarming if an individual is already suffering from type-2 diabetes; hypertension, etc.

Several causes of obesity have been identified, but most common ones for most people include eating disorders and genetic factors. Bariatric surgery is often the last alternative when traditional methods of treating obesity have failed. Bariatric surgeries have been known to help several patients reduce the risk of obesity related fatalities.

Surgical procedure encompasses those procedures that seek to reduce weight and obesity by means of surgically reducing the stomach. At Global Hospitals Chennai’s Minimal Institute of Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery we carry out all forms of bariatric surgeries to help patients in their weight loss endeavour and revert to a healthier lifestyle.

Our doctors employ a gastric band or use a gastric bypass is used to reduce the size of the stomach; such that the resulting decline in appetite will result in subsequent weight loss.

We advise our patients on a regular exercise regimen post a bariatric surgery and follow healthy eating habits to have the maximum benefit out of a successful bariatric surgery. There are several non-surgical methods that can be employed to bring about weight-loss and surgical interventions are often the last resort.

Minimal access surgery has become an increasingly preferred option for the treatment of problems related to the abdominal region. The availability of laparoscopic technology, involving the use of a tiny fiber-optic camera, video imaging, and new energy sources for cutting and coagulation has transformed the practice of surgery. The Institute can now offer treatments using minimally invasive approaches for a vast majority of the patients with digestive tract diseases and pelvic diseases.

Minimally accessible procedures can be performed with one or more small incisions, instead of one large incision.

A camera and surgical instruments are inserted through these incisions and surgeries performed therein. For patients, these procedures result in less pain, shorter hospital stays, rapid recovery and fewer effects on the functioning of the pulmonary and immune systems when compared to open surgeries.

Some of the advantages of Minimal Access Surgery are enumerated - less pain, fewer complications, decreased blood loss, shorter recovery, quicker ambulation, and quicker resumption of diet.