Day: May 19, 2025

More and more people are turning to bariatric surgery in order to address their issues with obesity and morbid obesity. Surgical weight loss techniques have allowed people to lose weight quickly and safely, improving their health and overall wellness in the process. The team at our bariatric surgery center believes that the gastric sleeve is one of the best options to consider for surgical weight loss, and we’ve discussed it at length on our blog over the last few months.

One question that we’ve noticed pop up online a few times involves the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to pay for gastric sleeve surgery. These issues are made more complicated given that a number of our patients come to Tijuana from the United States in order to have the procedure performed. Let’s cover some of the basics so you understand what is involved.

What is a flexible spending account (FSA)?

A flexible spending account allows an employee to set aside a certain amount of his or her wages as a means of paying for various health care expenses. This generally is done to pay for medical procedures and even dental procedures of various kinds.

Can I use my flexible spending account (FSA) to pay for gastric sleeve surgery?

In many cases, flexible spending accounts (FSAs) can used to pay for gastric sleeve surgery and bariatric procedures. It’s important to note that FSAs do vary, so it’s important to check with your employer and your FSA provider to see if the gastric sleeve procedure is a covered medical expense.

Can I use my flexible spending account (FSA) to pay for surgery performed abroad?

This comes as a surprise to many people, but yes, you can use your flexible spending account (FSA) to pay for medical procedures performed abroad in many cases. Again, it’s is worth noting that the FSA will vary from employer to employer and from provider to provider. Be sure to check about restrictions and stipulations for all such matters.

Other Concerns to Consider with Regard to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Travel may or may not be covered by your flexible spending account (FSA), so it’s something that’s worth considering when it comes to issues of medical tourism. It’s also important to consider all of the documentation that will need to be kept related to medical treatment. Receipts, letters, and other sorts of information may be required in order for the medical procedure to be covered. Keeping and filing all such papers will help prevent headaches down the road with regard to FSAs.

Additional Payment Options to Keep in Mind

If you would prefer to consider other options for payment aside from flexible spending accounts (FSAs), there are monthly financing options that can make things easier for you. Prospective patients should feel free to contact us with any questions that they have so that full information can be provided as needed.

Learn More About Gastric Sleeve Surgery

If you would like to learn more about gastric sleeve surgery and your many other options out there for advanced bariatrics, we encourage you to contact our Tijuana bariatric/weight loss surgery center today. The entire team here will be able to answer your questions and address your various concerns as they arise, allowing you to make well-informed and confident decisions about your overall health needs.

Gastric sleeve surgery can make a positive impact in the lives of many patients, which is why we have written about it so much on this blog. We really do believe that that benefits of the surgery will allow many patients to achieve excellent health and wellness. During a consultation, the team at our bariatric surgery center will determine if gastric sleeve surgery or another weight loss option is right for you.

One issue that sometimes comes up is the need for any additional treatment or surgery after one undergoes a gastric sleeve surgery. We’d like to cover these matters right now so you understand how we prevent the need for additional treatment after a gastric sleeve has been performed.

Additional Treatment Is Generally Unnecessary

Also known as a sleeve gastrectomy, gastric sleeve surgery involves the reduction of stomach size to reduce calorie consumption and feelings of hunger. As we have noted before, the surgery is rather low maintenance in nature, meaning that there is generally little need for additional adjustment or treatment after the primary surgery.

By comparison, the gastric banding surgery will often require additional treatments in order to adjust or reposition the band that is placed to reduce stomach size. Such issues are not a factor with gastric sleeve.

With all this in mind, when a gastric sleeve surgery is unsuccessful, one solution for treatment is a revision surgery.

Revision of Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Revision surgery essentially means a corrective or secondary surgery that is performed in order to improve the results of the initial procedure. With a revision gastric sleeve surgery, this will mean one of two kinds of corrections:

• Re-sleeve Surgery – This form of revision surgery involves what is in essence a second gastric sleeve procedure. The size of the stomach pouch is revised again to make it a little bit smaller in hopes of achieving more ideal results.
• Conversion to Duodenal Switch – If re-sleeving is not an option, the initial gastric sleeve can be transformed into a duodenal switch, which is another kind of surgical weight loss procedure combining restrictive and malabsorptive techniques.

During a consultation for bariatric revision, you can find out which would be more ideal for you given your situation.

Reasons for Gastric Sleeve Revision

The most common reason for gastric sleeve revision is inadequate weight loss from the initial gastric sleeve procedure. This means slow weight loss, limited weight loss, or weight loss that levels out too quickly.

In some cases, a corrective procedure may be performed in order to address immediate complications that are linked to the reduced stomach pouch, such as leakage from the stomach pouch.

Steps We Take to Ensure Success and Avoid the Need for Revision

When our surgeons plan any sort of weight loss surgery, they are very careful to ensure that patients experience optimal results. This means meticulous planning of the entire procedure from the consultation to the actual surgical date and beyond.

In order prevent the need for corrective surgery as a result of complications, our doctors will test the stomach pouch three times following the surgery to ensure the quality of the work. Patients will be carefully monitored in the first few days after surgery so that we know they are doing well.

Learn More About Advanced Weight Loss Surgery

If you would like more information about gastric sleeve surgery and how it can be of great benefit to you and your needs, be sure to contact our Tijuana weight loss surgery center today. The entire team here looks forward to meeting you in person and helping you achieve the very best with regard to your overall health, weight, and wellness.

It’s important that all patients who visit our practice understand all of the potential risks and benefits associated with any surgeries that they undergo. By knowing all pros and cons, patients are better able to make empowered decisions about the care they undergo. The team at our bariatric surgery center will help every patient make great choices with regard to weight loss and improving their lives going forward.

One common concern about bariatric surgery is the potential risk of infection. We would like to go over this matter in some detail so that you have a realistic outlook on the safety and effectiveness of this weight loss surgery.

About Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Some basics about gastric sleeve surgery first. Gastric sleeve surgery is the surgical reduction of stomach size, limiting a patient’s calorie consumption while also reducing sensations of hunger in the process. It is a low-maintenance weight loss surgery that yields results comparable to gastric bypass surgery and gastric banding surgery.

Infection As a Surgical Risk

Infection is a potential side effect following any sort of surgery. This goes for bariatric procedures as well as other kinds of surgical matters. It’s important that patients keep this in mind before they undergo any sort of invasive procedure, but thankfully these risks have gone down over the years.

How common is infection after gastric sleeve surgery?

Infection from gastric sleeve surgery is thankfully quite rare. A major part of this is due to advances in sterilization and surgical methods. Clean surgical suites, meticulous surgical planning, and great attention to the post-surgical recovery process have meant far less chance of patents suffering from infection and associated complications.

Performing Surgery In a Full-Service Hospital

Each weight loss surgery is performed at a full-service hospital with state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. The hospital maintains high standards for sterilization and cleanliness, which means that the chances of infection are kept very low.

Discussing All Phases of Surgery from Beginning to End

Preventing infection begins before the surgery is ever performed. We always make sure to discuss the pre-operative and post-operative process with patients in full detail. This allows patients to prepare for surgery and be in ideal health for the recovery process. This sets up ideal conditions for quick healing that is free from problems. This level of pre-planning helps improve overall patient experience and results.

Taking Care of Every Patient Who Visits

On top of state-of-the-art care and careful treatment planning, our team also takes great care of the patient when they are with us for surgery. Accommodations are set up in a fine hotel near the hospital, and patients are provided with a private driver who brings them to the hotel, hospital, and practice. This level of attentiveness makes the recovery process as relaxing as possible, allowing the patient to rest and concentrate on healing.

Learn More About Gastric Sleeve Surgery

If you would like to learn more about gastric sleeve surgery and how it can be of great benefit to you and your needs, we encourage you to contact our Tijuana bariatric/weight loss surgery center today. The entire team here looks forward to meeting you in person and making sure you understand all of the risks and benefits of the weight loss surgery procedures.

Great results are possible when patients undergo gastric sleeve surgery. The team at our bariatric surgery center will help ensure excellent results after the procedure, allowing patients to heal quickly and free from serious complications of any kind.

Right now, we would like to consider the nature of gastric sleeve surgery and the discomfort that patients face after they undergo the procedure. This will provide patients with realistic expectations of the procedure and what they can expect as they heal.

How common is discomfort after gastric sleeve surgery?

Discomfort and soreness are both common side effects that patients experience after any kind of surgery. Rest assured that this soreness and discomfort following sleeve gastrectomy does diminish in the days and weeks after surgery as part of the normal healing process.

Dealing with Early Post-Surgical Discomfort

It’s important that patients get a lot of rest in those first few days after surgery. They will actually remain in the hospital for monitoring for a night or two after surgery simply given the nature of the procedure. This gives the body ample energy to heal in this crucial early period, and helps our team run various tests and checks to ensure the success of the surgery. Recommended pain medications should be taken as directed upon discharge from the hospital.

Making Your First Days of Recovery as Relaxing as Possible

Gastric sleeve surgery patients are provided with numerous amenities and comforts as they recover, which is one of the reasons that many patients from abroad visit us for care. After discharge from the hospital, a private driver will bring the patient to a nearby hotel, where the patient will rest before returning to the practice for a follow-up visit. Setting up a driver and accommodations is a way for us to reduce stress, allowing patients to relax and recover early on.

Slowly Return to Your Normal Activities After Surgery

Patients will be asked to take a few weeks off work, only returning when they are comfortable to do so given the nature of their job. Patients will also be asked to avoid exercise, heavy lifting, and various other physical activities for a few weeks after surgery, though limited and light walking is encouraged when possible early on following hospital discharge.

Slowly, patients will be able to return to their daily routines. Patients will actually be encouraged to exercise when they are fully recovered, which helps improve general health and also promotes better weight loss results going forward.

Adjusting to Your Diet to Prevent Discomfort

A common source of discomfort that many patients face early on is related to their diet. Introducing solid foods into your diet too fast or too soon can cause pain. The same can occur when patients overeat or consume certain kinds of foods. It’s important to take things slowly with regard to your diet and adjusting to your new lifestyle.

Providing Tips on What to Eat and What Not to Eat

All patients who undergo a weight loss surgery at pour practice will receive detailed information on what to eat as the weeks progress after surgery, transition from a liquid diet, to a semi-solid diet, and eventually moving on to a return to solids. We will also make sure that patients know what foods to avoid, which helps patients prevent major issues down the line.

Learn More About Bariatric Surgery

If you would like to learn more about about gastric sleeve surgery and how it can be of great benefit to you and your needs, be sure to contact our Tijuana and weight loss/bariatric surgery center today.

One of the reasons why gastric sleeve surgery is so popular and why we believe in it so much is its general lack of complexity. There is no rerouting of the digestive tract or use of bands that may need adjustment. Instead, the stomach size is reduced and that’s that. Our team has helped countless patients achieve excellent health using the gastric sleeve at our Tijuana practice.

While gastric sleeve surgery is generally simple and free from major complications, there are adjustments that need to be made as a patient adjusts to his or her new lifestyle. With other bariatric procedures, one of these adjustments is dumping syndrome, which we would like to look at right now.

About Dumping Syndrome

Also known as rapid gastric emptying, dumping syndrome refers to cases in which the undigested food in the stomach winds up in the small intestine too fast. The condition can be quite uncomfortable. In most cases, dumping syndrome is an inconvenience but never an urgent medical emergency.

Symptoms of Dumping Syndrome

The most common immediate symptoms of dumping syndrome include:

• Stomach cramps
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Lightheadedness
• Diarrhea
• Bad gas

Some symptoms of dumping syndrome may manifest themselves an hour or more after eating. This is the result of low blood sugar as your body releases insulin as a response to the sudden dumping of sugar into the small intestine. These symptoms include:

• Sweating
• Rapid heart rate
• Fatigue
• Mental fogginess
• Fainting

Dumping Syndrome is More Common After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric sleeve patients will be relieved to hear that dumping syndrome is not as common with gastric sleeve surgery. It’s actually an issue that is more closely associated with gastric bypass surgery, which makes sense given how the digestive tract is altered in such a way that part of the small intestine is skipped.

Dumping Syndrome Is Still Possible After Gastric Sleeve But Rarer

It should be noted that dumping syndrome can still happen in gastric sleeve patients, but it is much rarer. The condition tends to be triggered when gastric sleeve patients have foods that are fatty, sugary, or generally rich. With regard to sweet foods, dumping syndrome can be triggered by table sugar as well as the natural sugar that appears in fruit.

Tips for Avoiding Problems After Gastric Sleeve

The best way to avoid dumping syndrome and its unpleasant after effects is to be attentive about what you are eating. Certain foods are more likely to trigger dumping syndrome in patients than others, so it’s important that you keep those particular foods in mind and avoid them as needed.

It’s also important that you savor your food and eat slowly. By making sure your food is well chewed, you help prevent major issues with dumping syndrome and other problems that are unique to those who have undergone bariatric surgery.

Learn More About Bariatric Surgery

For more information about gastric sleeve surgery and your many other options out there for achieving a more ideal weight, we encourage you to contact our bariatric surgery and weight loss center today. The entire team here looks forward to meeting you in person and helping you achieve the best results with whatever surgery that you undergo.

A sleeve gastrectomy is a great option to consider if you want to lose weight. If you have been reading this blog, you know how much Tijuana Bariatrics believes in the procedure since gastric sleeve surgery is simple, low maintenance, and very effective at promoting weight loss. Many patients from abroad have taken advantage of our accommodations and services and traveled to Tijuana in order to undergo a gastric sleeve.

Sometimes a gastric sleeve is not as effective as it ought to be, however. In those cases, it’s important to consider a revision. Let’s cover the revision surgery right now.

What is a gastric sleeve revision surgery?

Gastric sleeve revision surgery refers to a secondary procedure that is performed when the initial gastric sleeve has failed to achieve the desired results. This is distinct from a corrective surgery to address a leak in the initial sleeve.

Why is sleeve revision performed?

Sometimes a patient who undergoes gastric sleeve does not experience sufficient weight loss. This could be due to the stomach sleeve stretching or it may be the result of poor reduction of calorie consumption. Whatever the case may be, the revision surgery is key for helping bring down the patient’s BMI.

Option One: Re-Sleeving of the Stomach

One option to consider if the stomach pouch has stretched with time is to resleeve the stomach. This will involve the resizing of the stomach pouch again in much the same way the the initial gastric sleeve resized the stomach pouch.

Option Two: Transformation Into Another Bariatric Surgery Method

In other cases, it’s sometimes necessary to switch the gastric sleeve into another bariatric procedure. In many cases, the procedure is known as a duodenal switch. A duodenal switch involves both malabsortive and restrictive weight loss strategies, which makes it more likely for the desired weight loss to occur. In essence, the first step of the duodenal switch is a gastric sleeve.

Which revision option is better?

There is no right answer when it comes to determining the ideal bariatric surgery for your needs. During your consultation with a bariatric surgeon, you will be able to learn more about all of these matters in greater detail and make an informed choice about which surgery is right for you.

Avoiding the Need of Revision

While revision may be necessary for some patients, we always work hard to avoid the need for a gastric sleeve revision. Our team works closely with each patient and very carefully to ensure that they understand the full nature of the procedure. Each surgery is performed in a full-service hospital using state of the art equipment, and we carefully plans treatments for maximum effect.

In addition, our doctors check the integrity of the surgical staples three times after the gastric surgery is performed. Not only does this level of caution prevent immediate surgical complications, it also allows us to check for additional issues that may affect the overall nature of the procedure.

Learn More About Your Surgical Weight Loss Options

To learn more about gastric sleeve surgery and how it can be of benefit to you and your needs, be sure to contact our bariatric surgery and weight loss center today. We look forward to meeting you in person and helping you achieve better health and a more ideal weight.

Tijuana Bariatrics believes that the gastric sleeve is the superior option for those who wish to undergo bariatric surgery. There are many compelling reasons for it. Gastric sleeve surgery is low-maintenance, safe, and very effective, yielding weight loss results comparable to gastric bypass surgery.

The team at our Tijuana weight loss center recognizes that while the procedure is very safe, it is not without risk. Let’s take a moment to consider gastric leaks after weight loss surgery and why this is a complication that needs to be taken seriously.

What is a gastric leak?

Gastric leaks refer to the spillage of digestive fluid and partially digested food from the stomach in the body. This can lead to extreme pain and damage to adjacent organs. It is one of the most serious complications that can occur after undergoing a bariatric procedure.

Are leaks common after gastric sleeve surgery?

Thankfully leaks after sleeve gastrectomy are rare. Research published in a 2012 volume of Surgical Endoscopy found that leakage occurred in only 2.4% of patients worldwide. The risk is slightly higher for patients who are super-obese at 2.9%.

Even though the risk is low, we take these matters very seriously.

How is it possible for leaks to occur?

When a patient undergoes a sleeve gastrectomy, the overall stomach size is reduced. When removing the excess stomach tissue and resealing the smaller stomach, staples are used. Sometimes these staples can come loose, but as noted above, this is a rare occurrence. Gastric leaks can also occur in gastric bypass surgeries given the amount of revision that the stomach and small intestine undergo, though again, the occurrence is rare.

Symptoms of Gastric Leaks

Symptoms of gastric leaks to watch out for include:

• Abdominal pain
• Chest pain
• Shoulder pain
• High heart rate
• Nausea
• Fever
• Low blood pressure
• Odd drainage from incision site

How Gastric Leaks Are Treated

Gastric leaks are most commonly treated with emergency surgery that will drain the leaked gastric fluid, treat any damage to surrounding organs, and repair the leak in the stomach. Patients will need to be fed via a feeding tube that leads directly into the intestine until the leak in the stomach is healed. The use of antibiotics is not uncommon for treatment in order to address or prevent infection of organs exposed to the gastric fluid.

What We Do to Prevent Potential Gastric Leaks

In order to prevent leakage following a gastric sleeve, our doctors make sure to triple check every patient to ensure staples are secure and that no digestive juices escape. Since patients will be housed at a nearby hotel for the first crucial days of post-surgical recovery, this will allow any complications to be caught as soon as possible and treated in a timely fashion.

What Patients Can Do to Prevent Potential Gastric Leaks

Patients are advised to follow their instructions for pre-operative and post-operative care to the letter. This ensures the best conditions for healing. With regard to the post-operative instructions, this helps ensure that patients do not place undue stress on their revised stomach pouch and prevent multiple complications from occurring.

Learn More About Your Surgical Weight Loss Options

If you would like more information about gastric sleeve surgery and your many other options available for advanced treatment for obesity and morbid obesity, be sure to contact our bariatric surgery and weight loss center today. Our entire team looks forward to meeting you in person and helping you achieve the best and safest results from the procedure.

We’ve written a lot about the benefits of gastric sleeve surgery, from its excellent design to its low maintenance. The results of surgery are routinely excellent, which is why so many patients have come to our Tijuana practice from abroad to have a sleeve gastrectomy performed.

Our surgons are realists, though, and want patients to understand that while the gastric sleeve surgery is a great option for surgical weight loss, there are risks to keep in mind. We want to use this post to consider the risk of adhesion and bowel obstruction. It would first be helpful to define these terms since they may be unfamiliar to most readers.

What is an adhesion?

Adhesions refer to a band of tissue that forms between internal organs and the abdomen, making these parts of the body stick together.

Most adhesions do not result in major problems, though some, such a those that cause a bowel obstruction, can be quite painful.

How can this lead to bowel obstruction after gastric sleeve surgery?

Abdominal surgery is one of the most common causes of adhesions forming, and when the surgery involves the stomach, the rest of the digestive tract can potentially be affected. Thankfully the risk of bowel obstruction is rare after gastric sleeve.

The Symptoms of Bowel Obstruction

Some common symptoms of bowel obstruction include:

• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal swelling
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Constipation

If you have undergone any sort of abdominal surgery, it’s important that you be aware of these symptoms should they arise and seek medical attention as soon as possible. In serious obstructions, the blood supply to the intestine may be cut off or you may be suffering from a hole in the intestine.

Treatment Options to Address Bowel Obstructions

In many cases, the bowel obstruction is only partial and will eventually heal itself with time. During the hospital visit, patients have a nasogastric tube placed through the nose leading down into the stomach. The purpose of this is to relive the abdominal pain by removing excess fluid and gas, which are both responsible for heightened pressure. Follow-up care can be performed in order to reduce the blockage.

If the blockage is more significant, surgery is usually performed to relieve the pain and pressure. In the most extreme cases, the damaged part of the intestine may need to be removed.

Prevention of Unwanted Adhesions and Bowel Obstructions

In order to prevent the possibility of a serious complication like a bowel obstruction, our doctors meticulously plans every procedure. By approaching each surgery methodically and with a well-established plan, complications such as adhesions, bowel obstructions, and leakage of gastric fluid can be avoided.

Patients will have accommodations near the full-service hospital as they recover, allowing for careful monitoring of their recovery during those crucial first days after surgery.

Learn More About Gastric Sleeve Surgery

For more information about gastric sleeve surgery and how it can be beneficial to you and your needs, be sure to contact our bariatric surgery center today. Our entire team is eager to meet you in person to answer all of your questions about bariatric surgery and how it can benefit you.

Our doctors have helped countless patients lose weight through gastric sleeve surgery, a highly effective bariatric treatment option. So many patients have traveled to our practice in Tijuana in order to undergo this life-changing weight loss procedure. One reason why we have written about the gastric sleeve so much on this blog is because it’s so safe and effective. Let’s go over some reasons why the gastric sleeve is such a safe option for surgical weight loss.

About Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Before discussing why gastric sleeve surgery is such a safe option, let’s go into the basics of the procedure and how it works.

Gastric sleeve surgery involves the revision of the size of the stomach. This reduces the size of the current stomach pouch into a pouch that is roughly the size of a banana. By reducing the size of the stomach, patients become fuller faster, experience fewer and less extreme sensations of hunger, and consume fewer calories in the process. In combination, this all facilitates safe and rapid weight loss.

Gastric Sleeve Is Not as Invasive as Gastric Bypass

One reason that the gastric sleeve is so safe is that it is comparatively less invasive than some other procedures. This is especially true when compared to gastric bypass surgery. During a gastric bypass, stomach size is revised and part of the intestine is rerouted. This leads to the bypassing of part of the intestinal tract, reducing the amount of calories that are absorbed during digestion.

The gastric sleeve surgery only involves the revision of the stomach size and nothing else. This means a lower risk of complications due to the revision of the intestinal tract.

Gastric Sleeve Is Low Maintenance Compared to Gastric Banding

Another reason that gastric sleeve is so popular is that the surgery is low maintenance when compared to some other weight loss surgery procedures, particularly gastric banding. During gastric banding, a silicone band is placed around part of the stomach to reduce the stomach size. While this sounds ideal and minimally invasive, there are adjustment surgeries required when the band slips or comes loose. Several may be required for some patients.

By comparison, the gastric sleeve surgery revises the stomach size without the need for an additional procedure or any sort of follow-up adjustments. That means less hassle as well as lower chances of complications.

Our Doctos Check Patients Very Carefully

An added aspect to gastric sleeve safety is the amount of care we take take when treating patients.

After a gastric sleeve is performed, patients remain in the full-service hospital to have their vitals monitored. Our doctors will then carefully check the patient’s revised stomach pouch three times in order to ensure no leakage and no complications. Patients are carefully looked after during every stage of treatment and have all of their rest and accommodation needs carefully considered in order to ensure the safest surgical care possible.

Gastric Sleeve Yields Comparable Weight Loss Results

Even though the gastric sleeve surgery is less invasive and lower maintenance, the safety does not have a negative impact on the effectiveness of the surgery. Many patients experience weight loss results that are comparable and sometimes better than other weight loss surgery procedures.

After reading the above, it should be evident why we believe so much in the gastric sleeve.

Learn More About Your Weight Loss Surgery Options

If you would like more information about gastric sleeve surgery can how it can be of great benefit to you and your needs, we encourage you to contact our weight loss surgery center today.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are major health issues in much of the western world, especially in America. You’ve no doubt noticed all of the news articles and stories about the obesity epidemic and what it means for adults and children.

The pervasiveness of obesity is one of the reasons why so many people visit our doctors in Tijuana to learn about weight loss surgery. Bariatric procedures such as gastric sleeve surgery can help people lose weight safely and quickly. While it’s obvious that weight loss surgery can help those who are obese or morbidly obese, research has also found weight loss surgery to be a great way to treat diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes and Its Link to Obesity

Type 2 diabetes refers to a condition in which a person’s blood sugar is much higher than it should be due to an inability to properly process insulin. This leads to serious health problems related to the heart and vascular system, and it has been shown to lower overall life expectancy.

There has always been a major connection between type 2 diabetes and obesity/morbid obesity. Medical professionals have stated that the most likely indicator of type 2 diabetes is obesity or morbid obesity.

Can bariatric surgery really reverse diabetes?

Yes.

By undergoing weight loss surgery while also exercising and eating right, a person who has diabetes will notice a significant improvement in overall health. In some cases, the weight loss surgery has caused type 2 diabetes to go into remission.

What has the research found?

A 2012 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that weight loss surgery was more effective at treating type 2 diabetes than adjustments in diet and activity level alone. In fact, many patients in this study experienced remission of diabetes, which up until recently was never considered a possibility with regard to the treatment of the condition.

Why gastric sleeve surgery?

While the study researched the effects of gastric bypass surgery and bilopancreatic diversion surgery (BPD), we feel that gastric sleeve surgery is a much more ideal option for many patients.

For one, gastric sleeve surgery is a less invasive than the two aforementioned surgeries. A gastric sleeve will only involve the surgical reduction of the stomach size rather than any revision of the intestines. A less invasive procedure means reduced chances of complications.

In addition, the weight loss and health benefits of gastric sleeve surgery are very similar to gastric bypass surgery. This means a safer and just as effective surgery that yields excellent results when it comes to reversing diabetes and other obesity-related health problems.

Considering All of Your Options for Weight Loss and Improving Wellness

Gastric sleeve surgery is our favored procedure given the number of benefits to the surgery, though other bariatric procedures may be right for you. We would be more than happy to discuss all of these options for surgical weight loss in greater detail during your visit to the practice.

Learn More About Weight Loss Surgery

If you are interested in undergoing gastric sleeve surgery or another bariatric procedure that may enhance your overall health and wellness, we encourage you to contact our weight loss surgery center today.