Stomach Stapling

Medical tourists from Nigeria undergoing Stomach stapling surgery performed by Indian surgeons are happy by its procedure and price

Stomach stapling surgery in India is done with highest level of professional service and quality personal care using the most advanced applications in medical skills and technology available. Stomach stapling surgery in India is available at various corporate hospitals of Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi. These hospitals provide excellent quality, finest clinical integration of patient care, intensive follow up care and monitor progress to make sure the outcome of surgery meets with patients expectation. And moreover, these medical treatments come with best affordable prices, which suit the best to overseas patients including the Nigerians. Thus keeping all of them happy and contended by its procedures and prices. The overseas patients flying to India for various medical treatments and surgeries including the Stomach stapling surgery come usually from Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Middle East, US, UK, Australia etc. Besides having their desired medical treatment, they also enjoy many places which the Indian heritage is known for.

What is Stomach stapling?

Stomach stapling, is a restrictive operation for weight control. Both a band and staples are used to create a small stomach pouch. In the bottom of the pouch is an approximate one-centimeter hole through which the pouch contents can flow into the remainder of the stomach and thence onto the remainder of the gastrointestinal tract. Stomach stapling is a restrictive technique for managing obesity. The pouch limits the amount of food a patient can eat at one time and slows passage of the food. Stomach stapling is more effective when combined with a malabsorptive technique, in which part of the digestive tract is bypassed, reducing the absorption of calories and nutrients.

What are the Causes for stomach stapling?

1. Lifestyle
2. Genetics
3. Medical and psychiatric
4. illness
5. Social determinants
6. Infectious agents

What is the Procedure of Stomach stapling surgery?

The Procedure of Stomach stapling surgery relies on two most common approaches that are reducing the volume of the stomach by adjustable gastric banding and vertical banded gastroplasty and the other one is reducing the length of bowel that comes into contact with food which directly reduces absorption. Band surgery is reversible, while bowel shortening operations are not. Some procedures can be performed laparoscopically. In Stomach stapling surgery a circular band that is implanted around the stomach. It is made out of Silastic, a type of plastic that does not react with internal body tissues. An inflatable tube is located inside the stomach; when filled with an injection of saline solution, this tube can be adjusted to change the size of the stomach pouch. The reservoir used for injecting the solution is implanted under the skin during the surgery, allowing bariatric surgeons to make adjustments after the initial procedure without the need for additional surgery.

What are the Advantages of Stomach stapling surgery?

1. No dumping syndrome
2. No nutritional deficiencies/malabsorption
3. The surgery is done laparoscopically, a less invasive method of surgery that involves smaller incisions, a quicker recovery, and fewer potential post-surgical complications.

What are the disadvantages of Stomach stapling surgery?

1. Needs strict patient compliance to diet.
2. High fiber foods and foods with a denser, natural consistency can become very difficult to eat.
3. It emphasizes lifestyle changes, i.e. diet and exercise, are absolutely imperative for weight loss to occur and be maintained.
4. Reversal of a stomach stapling requires a much more complex and intensive surgical process than getting the surgery done.

What is the Complication of Stomach stapling surgery ?

1. Gastritis - causing diffuse discomfort or pain; if severe this may result in actual ulcer formation
2. Erosion - The band may slowly migrate through the stomach wall to the inside.
3. Slippage - An unusual occurrence in which the lower part of the stomach may prolapse through the band causing an enlarged upper pouch. In severe instances this can cause an obstruction and require an urgent operation to fix.
4. Malposition of the band - This can cause a kink in the stomach giving no restriction to the passage of food.
5. Internal bleeding
6. Infection

Why India?

Stomach stapling surgery in India is available at various hospitals having the technology along with outstanding infrastructure and professional management, nurses and paramedical staff for the. People prefer Stomach stapling surgery in India because it is available at a cost effective price. Also, there is no communication problem as English is widely spoken in India.
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