The gastric tube operation is a new procedure to fight obesity, almost as effective as the gastric bypass but without the disadvantages of malabsorption.
It is not necessary to take vitamins for life, and with less surgical risk.
The operation is performed by laparoscopy, and it tries to reduce the size of the stomach, removing the pouch that allows the patient to eat large amounts, and respects the noble or important parts of the stomach; the entrance valve, the digestive process, the exit valve.
The stomach works as usual, but with an output capacity of 100 to 150 cubic centimeters, equivalent to half a flat plate.
In addition, there is an added endocrine metabolic effect, since removing the remaining stomach produces a strong decrease in ghrelin, which is an appetite-regulating hormone, and thus provides excellent control over exaggerated hunger and craving for food.
Patients change the way they eat and their emotional relationship to food.
this operation is less risky because there are no joints between different intestines.
We achieve a completely watertight closure of the stomach, thanks to the use of automatic systems that section and seal at the same time, by means of 3 lines of small titanium staples and a fourth line made by hand with non-absorbable stitches.
Finally, a watertightness test is carried out for verification.
The weight loss of our patients operated with this technique is 71% of excess weight and occurs between the first 6 and 11 months after the operation.
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