FAQs
General FAQs of Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery
Yes. Your surgeon will suggest you exercise after recovery as it is mandatory to maintain the weight.
A person who is having BMI 40 and more are the eligible candidate for bariatric surgery.
- BMI is 35 or more
- Suffering from a severe obesity
- Unable to lose weight through traditional methods of diet and exercise for a long time.
Number of days in India: 10
Number of days in Hospital: 2-5
- Limiting the food intake as the new and small stomach can hold a limited amount of food only.
- Absorption of calories and nutrients should be limited.
- I am altering the gut hormones in a way so that the person feels fuller early and remain full for longer.
- The procedure lasts for 1-2 hours.
- Generally, 3-5 days of stay is required in the hospital depending upon the patient’s medical condition.
- People with desk jobs can return to work soon.
- There is negligible blood loss with laparoscopic procedures.
- The incisions are tiny and almost invisible.
- The stapled stomach leaves no mark and gets dissolve in the skin.
- The patient is shifted to the post-operative room soon after the surgery for a few hours to monitor any abnormal signs and symptoms.
- Soon after the surgery, the patient is given medications for pain relief and antibiotics to prevent infection.
- A catheter is placed into the stomach through the nose to drain fluids from the intestine for the first 1 or 2 days.
- Also, there will be a catheter in the bladder to remove urine.
- Ambulation is encouraged soon after the surgery.
- The patient is not allowed to eat for the first 1 or 2 days to enable the healing of the stomach and intestine.
- After three days, a specific diet will be given to you for 12 weeks that start with liquids and then pureed or soft foods are slowly given to the patient.
- The patient wears special stockings on legs to prevent the formation of blood clots.
- Gastroesophageal
- Reflux Disease
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Severe sleep apnea
- Stroke
- Gastric sleeve surgery can provide long-term aid in weight loss if the patient follows dietary and lifestyle advises given by the surgeon.
- Average weight loss has been reported to be between 40 to 60%, but this depends upon how much the patient follows the surgeon’s advice and makes significant changes in his eating habits and lifestyle.
It takes near about 2-3 weeks for you to recover from the gastric sleeve surgery.
The estimated Gastric Sleeve cost is $4000.
The gastric sleeve cost depends on several factors like:
- BMI check
- Different tests
- Type of weight loss
- surgery
- Hospital charges
- Treatment hospital
- Follow-up procedures
