Major surgery is always accompanied by the possibility of complications which can lengthen a patient’s stay at hospital, prolong recovery time, and increase physical discomfort. Bariatric surgery is no exception.

Gastric Sleeve bariatric surgery is a laparoscopically performed surgical procedure which removes around 70-80% of a patient’s stomach, in particular that part which produces the hunger hormone, Ghrelin.

There exists a small percentage of obesity patients who suffer such extreme overweight (BMI>55) that traditional strategies such as Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass may be insufficient to bring them to a near normal weight range.

Dumping syndrome is one of the known complications of Gastric Bypass surgery, and is a physiological reaction which alerts the body to inappropriate eating.

Low BMI patients are generally defined as obese patients with a BMI of between 25 and 30. For such individuals, surgical options such as RnY Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Banding are currently unavailable under existing medical guidelines.

Weight loss surgery is scary. Before even considering it as an option, research well-known doctors in the field and be well aware of the surgery options.