Sleeve Gastrectomy
What is Sleeve Gastrectomy (Sleeve)?
Sleeve Gastrectomy, known as sleeve gastrectomy surgery or “stomach reduction surgery” among people, is performed by surgically turning the stomach into a tube (pipe). With the closed surgery method, 80 percent of the stomach is cut and removed. After gastric sleeve surgery, the stomach is reduced and food intake is minimized.
How Long Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Take?
Gastric sleeve gastrectomy is an obesity treatment that takes 1.5-2 hours on average.
Who Is Sleeve Gastrectomy Performed?
Does Gastric Sleeve Surgery Cause Aesthetic Disorders?
Gastric sleeve gastrectomy surgery, which is performed with closed, that is, laparoscopic methods, is performed through a single hole or with 4-5 holes, depending on the patient’s condition. Since the holes are very small, it does not pose an aesthetic problem.
How is Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Performed?
- Gastric sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical operation performed under general anesthesia and laparoscopic closed surgery method.
- In order not to reduce the stomach too much during gastric reduction surgery, a tube is inserted into the stomach entrance as large as the diameter of the esophagus. Thanks to this tube, the stomach is reduced as if it is a continuation of the esophagus, while adverse conditions such as stenosis or congestion in the stomach are prevented.
- After the procedure is over, the tube placed at the beginning of the surgery is removed.
- After the procedure, it is tested whether there is a leak in any area with special techniques.
Since general anesthesia is applied during Gastric Sleeve Surgery, the patient does not feel pain or pain. Since stomach surgery is a closed and laparoscopic operation, it is performed without cutting the abdominal muscles and membranes. Therefore, the patient does not feel very serious pain after sleeve gastrectomy surgery.
Until What Age Is Sleeve Gastrectomy Performed?
Gastric sleeve gastrectomy surgery is performed on people between the ages of 18-65. In order for the person to be a suitable candidate for gastric surgery, the Body Mass Index (BMI) values must be 35 and above.
How Much Weight Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Lose?
Patients who have gastric sleeve surgery lose approximately 60% of their excess weight within 5 years after the operation, if they also follow their nutrition program.