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What is obesity? Obesity is defined as an excess of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean body mass or excess weight of 20% greater than ideal body weight in men and 30% greater in women. Measuring the exact amount of a person’s body fat is not easy. It develops when the number [...]
Treatments for Obesity LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System is designed to induce weight loss in obese patients by inducing early feeling of satiety and decreasing food intake, hence limiting food consumption.
What is the Treatment of Obesity? There are a number of means of treating obesity. These include dieting, exercise, behavioural therapy, medical therapy and surgery. What are the Goals and aim of weight management? Obesity is a chronic condition and its management should be lifelong.Any weight loss should be encouraged and for some, weight maintenance, [...]
What types of operation are available? Various Surgical procedures have been devised to reduce weight. They are categorised as such: Restrictive operations: In which the size of the stomach is restricted so that people feel full after only a small amount of food. This can be achieved by placing a band around the upper stomach [...]
What is Intra-gastric balloon: The intra-gastric balloon is a plastic balloon placed in the stomach. This will induce a sensation of fullness and will help the patient to eat less. There will be a modest Weight loss, because the balloon must be removed after 6 months. The balloon is used as a short term rather [...]
What is GASTRIC BANDING and what does it involve? Adjustable Gastric Banding System is designed to induce weight loss in obese patients by inducing early feeling of satiety and decreasing food intake, hence limiting food consumption.
What is GASTRIC BYPASS and what does it involve? The gastric bypass operation is a combination of a restrictive and malabsorptive procedure. It is a complex procedure requiring formation of a small gastric pouch using stapling devices to divide the upper stomach and produce a 20cc pouch. The upper part of the stomach is divided [...]
What is Sleeve Gastrectomy? This involves converting the stomach into a long thin tube by stapling it along its length and removing the excess stomach. There is no gastric pouch like ‘Gastric bypass operation’; here the food passes straight into the small bowel, similar to the route it took prior to the surgery. However, the [...]
What is Pancreaticobiliary bypass Procedure? This operation involves a sleeve gastrectomy and bypass of most of the small bowel. Whilst the sleeve gastrectomy acts to restrict the amount of food eaten, much of the effect of this procedure comes from malabsorption produced by bypassing most of the small bowel. Unlike the gastric bypass operation where [...]