Stomach Surgery
There are two main types of stomach surgery.
The first is the restrictive type operation and the second is known
as malabsorptive surgery.
Restrictive surgery,
or stomach stapling as it is also referred to, involves a reduction
in the size of the stomach so that the patient feels full after eating
just a small amount of food. The result is an immediate decrease in
calorie intake and long term reduction in weight. The pouch created
by the surgeon initially only holds about one ounce of food but later
expands to 2-3 ounces. Around 30 percent of those patients who undergo
VBG achieve normal weight, and about 80 percent achieve some degree
of weight loss.
Malabsorptive Surgery
involves the shortening in length of the digestive tract to reduce the
amount of food that the body can absorb. The two main types of Malabsorptive
Surgery are Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB) and Biliopancreatic diversion
(BPD). This type of surgery is the most common and most widely
performed.
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