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Editor - Losing weight by mouth is an interesting concept as folks are always looking
for the perfect diet, but in this case it refers to a surgical process
to help the seriously obese.
for the perfect diet, but in this case it refers to a surgical process
to help the seriously obese.
At the University School of California, San Diego School of Medicine,
surgeons have developed a way to reduce the stomach via mouth in a
procedure called sleeve gastrectomy. Through this process, surgeons are able to reduce the
size of the stomach by 20 percent, leading to less caloric intake and
increased feelings of fullness, just as those more cumbersome procedures
like stomach stapling claims to do.
surgeons have developed a way to reduce the stomach via mouth in a
procedure called sleeve gastrectomy. Through this process, surgeons are able to reduce the
size of the stomach by 20 percent, leading to less caloric intake and
increased feelings of fullness, just as those more cumbersome procedures
like stomach stapling claims to do.
This does a lot for people who need to lose weight and is part of the
ever-growing medical movement to minimize invasive processes, whether
that is operations to the knee, the hip, or in this case the stomach.
ever-growing medical movement to minimize invasive processes, whether
that is operations to the knee, the hip, or in this case the stomach.
“The number of options for minimally invasive weight loss surgery is rapidly
evolving,” said Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery and director for the UCSD Center for the Treatment of Obesity.
“Our goal is to offer patients a customized long-term solution for losing weight with as few scars as possible, and if desired, no medical
devices.”
evolving,” said Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery and director for the UCSD Center for the Treatment of Obesity.
“Our goal is to offer patients a customized long-term solution for losing weight with as few scars as possible, and if desired, no medical
devices.”
The procedure itself is said to take one hour and uses several instruments that make five small incisions in the abdomen, partially removing, then
closing the stomach.
closing the stomach.
The more invasive kind, stomach stapling, requires most people three to five weeks to recover and resume normal activities. In this case, patients are able to return to normal very shortly, relative to invasive procedures.
Furthermore, doctors say patients are able to lose approximately 2-4 pounds per week
following surgery to remove the stomach through the mouth.
following surgery to remove the stomach through the mouth.
“By removing 80 percent of the stomach through the mouth we minimized
trauma to the abdomen,” said Horgan, director of the UCSD Center for the
Future of Surgery. “The absence of a large open incision reduced the
risk of hernia and greatly diminished pain for the patient. We are
getting closer to weight loss surgery with no scars.”
trauma to the abdomen,” said Horgan, director of the UCSD Center for the
Future of Surgery. “The absence of a large open incision reduced the
risk of hernia and greatly diminished pain for the patient. We are
getting closer to weight loss surgery with no scars.”
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