Bariatric Surgery
Obesity is a major epidemic in the world and India is not far behind the rest of the countries. Five percent of total Indian population is obese. Tamil Nadu ranks fourth in the list with Punjab, Kerala and Goa leading the show. The rising trend of obesity is due to fast food culture, sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activities.
Obesity results in serious ailments including Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular diseases, Sleep apnoea and various arthritis problems.
Solution to this problem
- Lifestyle modification
- Exercise and diet
- Medicines
- Bariatric surgery
The first three options are applicable for milder form of obesity. However, bariatric surgery is a very promising treatment for morbidly obese patients – Body Mass Index (BMI) >40. It offers sustained and significant weight reduction of upto 70% of excess weight. It controls diabetes and hypertension even before the weight reduction. It offers cure for sleep apnoea. Hence, it is no longer considered a cosmetic surgery, but a life saving surgery.
Dr Jeyasekharan Medical Trust has an ongoing Bariatric surgery program. This centre takes the credit of performing the first bariatric (Obesity) surgery in Kanyakumari district.
Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy
The patient was a 23 yrs old female with a BMI of 40. She underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in November 2010. AT 6 weeks follow up patient has already lost 15 kgs of weight. She is expected to lose further weight in the next two years. The patient is feeling very light and energetic.
There is a dedicated team of Bariatric surgeon, Physician, Dietician and Anaesthesiologist to take care of the obese patients. These patients undergo thorough preoperative work up including endocrine evaluation, body fat analysis and polysomnography (Sleep study) before being taken up for surgery.
For further information, please contact the department of Bariatric Surgery at Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital.