UK "Stomach Stapling"
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
Stomach Stapling Surgical Treatment for
Obesity
Clinically obese people who have failed to
lose weight using other methods are to be offered 'stomach stapling' free
of charge on the UK National Health Service (NHS). The National Institute
for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines for the NHS that
outline when morbidly obese people should be offered surgery.
Candidates for Stomach Stapling
Severely obese patients who may qualify for
free weight loss surgery, include:
- Patients who are morbidly obese - that
is, patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40+
- Patients who are severely but not morbidly
obese (with a BMI of between 35-40) who also have a significant disease
(such as diabetes or high blood pressure) that could be improved if
they lost weight
- In addition, patients will only be considered
for surgery if they are over 18, have already been receiving treatment
in a specialist obesity clinic at a hospital and have tried all other
appropriate non-surgical treatments to lose weight, but have not been
able to keep the weight off.
Numbers of Candidates for Stomach Stapling
Surgery
NICE estimates that there are 1.2 million
people who would fulfil the first two criteria for free weight loss stomach
stapling surgery and that between 2-4 per cent of these people would fulfil
the second set of requirements and would wish to undergo weight loss surgery.
Types of Stomach Stapling Operations
Two types of weight loss surgery will be
offered:
- Malabsorptive stomach stapling surgery
which shortens the length of the digestive tract to reduce the amount
of food that the body absorbs;
- Restrictive stromach stapling surgery
which reduces the size of the stomach so that the patient feels full
after just a small amount of food.
Patients will be offered counselling and
support after their operation.
Side Effects of Stomach Stapling Surgery
Stomach stapling gastric bypass surgery can
cause side-effects, both at the time of the operation and in the long
term. These include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, heartburn and vitamin
deficiency. However, despite the side-effects, clinical trials show that
surgery was more effective than other conventional weight loss treatments
in helping patients maintain their weight loss over time.
Source:
BUPA Health Care
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Weight
Loss Surgery Information
How
Weight Loss Surgery Works - Morbid
Obesity - Morbid
Obesity Surgery
Treatment of Obesity
- Bariatric
Surgery Health Risks - Abdominoplasty
Gastric Banding - Gastric
Bypass - Mini
Gastric Bypass - Gastroplasty
Laparoscopic
Gastric Bypass - Roux
En Y Gastric Bypass - Lap
Band Surgery
Lap Band - Lap
Band FAQs - Biliopancreatic
Diversion - Duodenal
Switch
Liposuction - Liposuction
Surgery - Superwet
Liposuction - Tumescent
Ultrasonic Liposuction
- Tummy Tuck - Mini
Tummy Tuck - Stomach
Stapling
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