This technique can be used both in patients with extreme obesity and in those who show lower degrees of obesity.
Possible candidates for this surgery are those who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40. That is to say, it is advisable for people with more than 40 kilos overweight.
Also in those with a BMI above 30 and have an associated disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, or metabolic syndrome.
As a requirement, the patient must be between 18 and 60 years, although it is also an ideal technique for some adolescents in special cases; should not have psychiatric illness or addiction to alcohol or drugs.
This technique does not have aesthetic purposes, because this surgery is performed only for medical reasons, since its purpose is to remove the patient from a range of severe obesity and/or morbid, which translates into a poor quality of life and put you at risk.
This procedure also helps to cure or improve a number of metabolic diseases. For example, an obese diabetic that solves the problem of overweight may terminate your diabetes stop taking medication or insulin. The same goes for high blood pressure and sleep apnea, conditions that get better between 90 and 80%, respectively.
• It removes the portion of the stomach that produces ghrelin (appetite hormone).
• The stomach is reduced in volume, but it works normally.
• There is No intestinal bypass and the reduced risk of nutritional deficiency.
• It is the safest technique to combat obesity with BMI greater than 40.
• Has a speedy recovery, as the majority of the patients are discharged between the second and third day.
