Morbidly obese! Laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery can reduce excess weight by 70%

For patients with morbid obesity, weight loss surgery is an appropriate treatment option. For those with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 and combined with metabolic diseases, or a BMI greater than 40, gastric reduction surgery is usually the only way to restore health. With the advancement of medical technology, weight loss surgery no longer requires "opening the abdomen". Instead, it uses almost invisible laparoscopic minimally invasive technology, which can reduce about 70% of excess weight while taking into account safety and aesthetics.

Morbid obesity can be treated with minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques that are almost invisible.

Li Minxian, director of the bariatric surgery department of the China Medical University Hospital, pointed out that for morbidly obese people with a BMI of over 35, excessive fat accumulation will trigger a domino effect. Problems such as hypertension, diabetes, fatty liver, arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, sleep apnea, stroke, myocardial infarction, etc. will become out of control, resulting in high morbidity and mortality.

Ms. Xu, 24, became obese after giving birth and her weight was approaching 100 kilograms. She was very worried that her husband would dislike her, so she actively went on a diet, drank slimming tea, and did fat reduction. After repeated failures, she decided to undergo surgery, using laparoscopic minimally invasive technology. Now she is a slim wife weighing 63 kilograms.

There are four options for laparoscopic minimally invasive weight loss surgery: gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric folding, and gastric banding. All of them can be completed in an almost invisible way by making only 3 to 5 small holes in the belly. The most effective surgery after gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy is to reduce hunger, which can reduce excess weight by about 70%. Li Minxian said that although the safety of the operation is safe, it is a major transformation of the stomach after all, so sufficient communication and detailed evaluation before the operation are very important. In addition, the medical definition of successful weight loss is to maintain no weight gain for 5 years without the yo-yo effect of weight going up and down, so that you can get rid of the troubles of chronic diseases.