Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 9: Jammu Hospital Jalandhar organized a seminar on weight loss surgery/ bariatric surgery here.
Dr G S Jammu, Chief Bariatric Surgeon from Jammu Hospital Jalandhar explained in depth on Bariatric surgery. He added that bariatric surgery not only helps to shed of extra kilos but also control the metabolic syndrome–Type-II diabetes, high cholesterol, snoring, sleep apnea and PCOD.
Dr Jammu explained that there are different types of Bariatric surgery options having different indications and advantages, to name a few mini gastric bypass, gastric bypass, roux-n-y surgery, etc.
He said options like mini gastric bypass are horrible which means some anatonomical changes are made in the stomach and small intestine, so that one can eat accordingly to one’s height and if anyone is increasing weight inspite of controlled diet and exercise, then that part of small intestine where absorption of food is occurring is bypassed. This means this surgery is successful for the people who are binge eaters or who consume low diet but still gain weight, he added.
He explained that Punjab is the maximum obese State in India and now obesity and diabetes is spreading into J&K as well. He said bariatric surgery is a life saving surgery for morbidly obese. Any person in whom diet and exercise have failed to lose weight can take help of bariatric surgery to improve their quality of lifeadding that this surgery is done laparoscopically in 25 to 30 minutes in his centre and patients are hospitalized for 48 hours. The effect of this surgery on weight loss and diabetes is dramatic.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
