3 Ways a Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Could Change Your Life

Gastric sleeve surgery, or sleeve gastrectomy, is a type of weight loss surgery that’s become more and more popular. As a laparoscopic surgery, which requires only tiny incisions and the use of a miniature camera that guides the surgeon, it’s minimally invasive. Sometimes the operation only takes an hour and the patient only has to spend two or three days in the hospital. First conceived as the first of a two part bariatric surgery, the weight loss from sleeve gastrectomy has proven to be so rapid in many patients that it’s now a stand-alone operation.

Gastric sleeve New York, like the similar lap band surgery, creates a pouch that fools the brain into thinking that the rest of the stomach is full when the pouch is full. In the case of gastric sleeve surgery, the pouch resembles a sleeve. Patients also tend to lose more weight than they would with lap band bariatric surgery New York. Patients who undergo gastric sleeve surgery New York tend to be more obese than most patients who undergo bariatric surgery or they have other conditions such as Crohn’s disease or anemia. These conditions make other sorts of weight loss surgery riskier.

The benefits of gastric sleeve New York are many. Here are three physical benefits of the surgery:

• It May Resolve Conditions Like Type II Diabetes

Obese patients who have bariatric surgery New York might be pleasantly surprised to find out that the simple act of losing weight from the surgery can resolve illnesses like diabetes and hypertension. Though their health will need to be monitored for the rest of their lives, if they keep the weight off they will no longer have to fear the dire complications of these diseases. Studies show, also, that people who undergo bariatric surgery New York do keep their weight off.

Avoiding Future Diseases and Early Death

After successful bariatric surgery the patient can enjoy a decreased risk of morbidity and mortality, or sickness and death. Not only does sleeve gastrectomy greatly ameliorate diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease in people who suffered from them, but patients who didn't have these diseases avoided them and other obesity linked diseases like cancer after weight loss surgery.

• Patients Can Participate In Activities They Couldn’t Participate In Before

The loss of a great amount of weight after gastric sleeve surgery enables people to participate in even mundane activities. Though it has a famous mass transit system, New York is a city for people who like to move. The patient will now be able to climb up stairs without losing their breath, they’ll be able to go for walks in the many parks, they’ll be able to ride bicycles and engage in sports. They’ll even be able to run for a bus or subway train!

To learn more about these and other ways that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy can benefit a patient's life, contact Manhattan Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Program.