This type of surgery involves an anatomical alteration of the digestive system to be successfully and permanently obesity.
Bypass Diet
You will be given a dietary program to meet your needs for nutrition and vitamins. The person will have to make good eating habits.
The technique is to reduce the size of the stomach. At first one may eat very little food, little minimal bloating stomach causes the hunger center is inhibited at the level of the brain and the amount of food the same feeling as if I had eaten a lot without feeling weak and producing a feeling of fullness and satisfaction for several hours.
How does it work?
At Hispano Americano Hospital we practice bariatric surgery by laparoscopy, a less invasive technique. After surgery, a small stomach of 15-30 ml is left, which in turn is connected directly to the small intestine. In this way the process decreases caloric and nutrient absorption. In addition, due to the small size of the portion of stomach that is left, the amount of food you can eat will be reduced. Your stomach is smaller and makes you feel full quickly. Appetite is reduced and thus you begin to lose weight.
Who can benefit?
Bariatric surgery in Mexicali is performed because it is currently the best treatment option for producing lasting weight loss in obese patients who have failed non-surgical methods of weight reduction. Potential candidates for bariatric surgery include: people with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 35, men weighing 45 kilos (100 pounds) over their ideal body weight or women who weigh 36 kilos (80 pounds) over their ideal, and people who have another condition related to obesity such as type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea or heart weight.
How much weight will I lose?
The technique of gastric bypass in Mexicali at Hispano Americano Hospital consistently shows low weight of 65-70% of excess weight at 5 years of follow up. The lost of weight is more significant in the 1st year after surgery. The other techniques perform slightly below. It is not uncommon to lose 5 kg. (11 pounds) each month at first. It is considered a success if half of the excess weight is lost. Most interventions exceed it. At some interventions some patients regain some of the lost weight. No intervention gives a success rate of 100% for all patients.
Will I gain weight after?
There could be cases, since surgery is a "mechanical" way to control what you eat but doesn’t cure of psychological aspects of the disease. Therefore, to avoid subsequent failure to intervention patient cooperation is needed and adjust your lifestyle to new conditions arising from the operation, for which you will be given a dietary program to meet their needs for nutrition and vitamins.
For more information on bariatric surgery and gastric bypass in Mexicali, please visit hispanoamericano.com or call us toll free at 888-698-2244.
