Who has had weight loss sleeve stomach surgery? Is it safe? For people with obesity, diet and exercise are not very effective, especially when the body mass index exceeds 35, conventional diet and exercise are no longer suitable for weight loss, mainly because such people are often accompanied by metabolic diseases, and because of overweight, joint pressure is high, and exercise is prone to greater health risks. As a result, weight loss surgery has gradually become popular in the past few years, so what exactly is “weight loss surgery”? Why can this surgery achieve rapid weight loss results? The principle of bariatric surgery is to “remodel” the gastrointestinal tract through minimally invasive surgery, so that the effective volume of the stomach becomes smaller, and the amount of food is significantly reduced, and part of the small intestine is absent, and the digestive and absorption capacity is reduced, thus achieving the purpose of weight loss. At present, the more commonly used surgical methods include laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. What are the effects of obesity on human health? Nowadays, many young people call for “weight loss” every day, how to determine obesity from the medical point of view? “At present, one of the most commonly used methods to determine the body fat content of obesity is calculated from a person’s body mass index, that is, BMI,” Professor Wang Jianping introduced, the calculation of BMI is: BMI = weight (kg) รท height 2 (m2), for example, a person 70kg, height 1.70m, then: BMI = 70 /1.702=24.2. According to this definition (adult standard), ideal weight BMI<25, bmi>27 is diagnosed as obesity, while 2530 accounts for about 3% of the total population, and the number of obese people is at least between 30 and 40 million.” Do not underestimate this obesity, obesity on human health can not be small, as early as 2012, the WHO issued a warning that overweight and obesity is the fifth largest risk of death caused by the world, leading to at least 2.8 million deaths each year. Professor Wang Jianping warned that “obesity can reduce life expectancy by an average of 6-7 years. In young patients (under 35 years old) with severe obesity (BMI>40), life expectancy is reduced by 20 years for men and 5 years for women.” In addition, obesity can lead to a variety of physical and psychological diseases, such as osteoarthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, infertility, or psychological problems such as depression and social disorders due to social prejudice. For obese, type 2 diabetic patients, weight reduction surgery treatment has good efficacy. Currently, surgical treatment for obesity type 2 diabetes has been accepted by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and ADA as one of the means of treating diabetes. According to 15 years of follow-up data in the United States and Europe, the average weight loss after bariatric surgery is 80%, and more than 50% of diabetic patients return to normal blood glucose after surgery and avoid long-term oral hypoglycemic drugs; in addition, most diabetes-related metabolic syndromes, such as hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia, are also reversed and returned to normal by bariatric surgery. “Currently in China, more than 3,000 cases of obesity weight loss surgery have been done, but I estimate that in another five years, many obese people will adopt this surgical method for weight loss, and society will pay more and more attention to weight loss surgery.” Bariatric Surgery: Bariatric surgery, also known as gastric reduction surgery, is quite a hot topic in the medical community of bariatric surgery, and its popularity has increased significantly. Because the surgery cuts out 80% of the stomach volume, in addition to reducing the amount of food eaten, it also reduces the amount of Ghrelin, the hormone that stimulates appetite, so appetite is also reduced. Within two years after surgery, you can lose about 10-15 BMI or 70% of your excess weight. For those who have a high BMI (over 40) and have difficulty reducing their appetite, gastric reduction surgery can achieve the desired weight loss. Is weight loss surgery risky? There is some misconception among the public about the risks of weight loss and diabetes surgery. The risks of surgery are not as high as one might think, “Common complications include mainly gastrointestinal complications (bleeding, fistulas, GERD, ulcers, etc.), pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, internal hernia, whistling complications (atelectasis and pneumonia), cholecystitis and gallstone formation, etc. In fact, the mortality rate of bariatric surgery is proven to be lower than other common surgeries such as cholecystectomy, and its risk is very low, so there is no need to worry too much. Who has had bariatric sleeve gastric surgery? Is it safe? Hope this helps!