Obesity treatments vary depending on the diversity of the patient's condition. Moreover, the treatment of obesity may be through healthy diet and exercise or surgical intervention. Surgical treatment of obesity is numerous such as gastric banding, sleeve gastrostomy and gastric bypass. Choosing the appropriate surgery for the patient depends on several conditions of patients; the most important one is the BMI. Treating obesity through laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding has the lowest mortality rate at 0.5% as a result of it does not require the division of the stomach or bowel resection (1). Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery requires preconditions, implementation steps and recommendations.
Perform laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery requires four conditions. The first condition, require that patients have a BMI greater or equal to 40 kg/m2, which is considered as excessive obesity. Obese patients who have a BMI equal or above 35 kg/m2 also can do the surgery. The second condition, patients need to be accompanied by a one health problem such as sleep apnea, high blood pressure, diabetes or cholesterol disorder. The third condition, require that patients were repeated attempts to lose weight through …show more content…
Firstly, doctors install flexible locking silicone ring on the gastric band (1). Secondly, connect the ring to an infusion executor placed in the subcutaneous tissue (1). The port can be accessed through a syringe and needle (1). Thirdly, doctors inject saline into the port leads to a reduction in the band diameter in order to increase the degree of restriction (1). The goal behind band adjustments is to allow the patient to take a cup of dried food, and feel satiety for 1.5 to 2 hours after a meal (1). In brief, implementation of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery is through some