A 35-year-old woman weighed 145 kilograms and was so fat that she fell into a coma! The weight loss team performed a gastric reduction surgery to save their lives, lost 40 kg in 3 months and regained their health

Ms. Ye, who was only 35 years old, was taken to the outpatient clinic for weight loss surgery due to her family's concern because she weighed over 100 pounds and had diabetes, respiratory failure, sleep apnea and other problems. Unexpectedly, he overate due to stress before the operation and gained weight to his personal heaviest weight of 145 kg. He even fell into a coma during the preoperative visit and was admitted to the intensive care unit! The team at the Metabolic and Weight Loss Center of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital was considerate of the family’s wishes and spent an extra 7 days adjusting the patient’s health condition. The operation was finally successful, and the patient lost 40 kilograms in 3 months after the operation.

Congenital disorder + acquired bad health, 35-year-old woman weighed over 100 pounds, suffered from severe obesity sequelae and was once in a coma and intubated

Li Minxian, director of the Metabolic and Weight Loss Center of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, pointed out that Ms. Ye, who is only 35 years old and 160 cm tall, is a case of congenital disorder and acquired adverse reactions. The congenital disorder was psoriasis, and the use of steroids caused the body to become centrally obese and suffer from severe diabetes; the acquired disorder was the lack of control over diet and the habit of relying on overeating to relieve work pressure, and even suffered from severe obesity sequelae such as respiratory failure and sleep apnea.

The parents are worried that if this continues, their daughter's health and life will be in jeopardy, so they hope to change her future through weight loss surgery. But surprisingly, after the surgery was scheduled, Ms. Ye ate twice as much before the surgery due to stress, and gained another 10 kilograms in just 2 weeks, reaching a new high of 145 kilograms. When the weight loss center team visited her before the operation, she had already fallen into a coma, so she was rushed to the intensive care unit for intubation. However, for the sake of their daughter's good, the family still hoped that the doctor would perform weight loss surgery on her.

Gastric Reduction Surgery Saves Lives! With dietary adjustments, the patient lost 40 kg and regained his health 3 months after surgery

Director Li Minxian said that in order to be considerate of the family's wishes, the weight loss center team allowed Ms. Ye to stay in the intensive care unit for 7 days to adjust her health condition to a level that allowed her to undergo surgery. However, her waist circumference was still over 55 inches during the operation. Laparoscopic surgery requires three small holes to be made in the patient's abdomen, and the cannula must be inserted into the abdominal viscera, passing through the nearly 20-centimeter-thick muscle and fat layer. The team took more than an hour to complete the operation and arranged for her to be admitted to the intensive care unit for observation. Under the team's careful care, Ms. Ye was successfully discharged from the hospital.

Most importantly, after Ms. Ye underwent gastrectomy, her stomach was reduced by about 2/3. Combined with dietary adjustments, she successfully lost 40 kilograms in 3 months. All her old clothes became like cloth bags and had to be replaced. Ms. Ye was delighted by the physical changes after the operation. She said that she felt much more clear-headed than before and had a goal in life. Director Li Minxian explained that gastric reduction surgery reduces the stomach capacity, so that a small amount of food can make you feel full, which is enough calories for a day's life. The surgery removes the feeling of hunger, reduces appetite and promotes weight loss.

The Metabolic and Weight Loss Center of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital completes more than 300 weight loss surgeries a year, successfully restoring the health and beauty of patients

The obesity rate is gradually rising around the world and in Asia. In the past year, the Metabolic and Weight Loss Center of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital has completed more than 300 weight loss surgeries, successfully restoring the health and beauty of patients and creating a high-quality medical record with zero mortality, zero complications, zero leakage rate and infection rate.