Weight Loss Surgery Options
Cited: MSNBC
Losing weight can be a vexing problem and when the only option is surgery, even then there are many things to consider. The two most often sought procedures are gastric bypass and gastric binding. New research into both weight-loss surgeries reveals that while gastric banding might be easier insofar as initial complications and recovery time, then long term benefits of gastric bypass might outweigh the benefits of gastric banding. The study also shows that patients that went for the gastric bypass surgery lost more weight faster than those who got the gastric band.
One of the main problems highlighted by researchers conducting the most recent study is that when complications do arise with gastric bypass they are often more serious and harder to deal with than those normally seen in gastric band surgery.
The study was conducted on 442 obese patients between 1998 and 2005. Half of the patients had gastric band surgery, the other half had gastric bypass. Following the surgery, doctors followed up with each patient twice a year for the next six years to monitor their health and of course their weight. Initial complications from the survey were higher in the gastric bypass patients, especially from infection with up to 17% of them having some type of infection from the procedure. Only 5% of the gastric band patients had post-surgery infections. However, the post surgery results for the bypass patients was much better with their group losing more weight faster and without the need for repeat surgery, a common issue with many gastric belt patients.
Doctors are quick to warn that not all complications are alike for every patient. Gastric bypass patients can be susceptible to hernias, enlarged esophagus, and other medical problems that will effect each patient differently so there are no across-the-board comparisons to be made with one surgical procedure vs. the other.
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My take:
When I get to the point that the only way to lose weight is to operate on my stomach that is the time to take a longer look in the mirror. Unless you have exhausted every other possible way out, or down as the case may be, including exercising a little more and eating a lot less, there’s no way I’m going under the knife because I can’t stop eating….
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