May 14, 2008
Any type of gastric reduction surgery should be considered as a last resort treatment option. Patients who suffer from severe weight related health problems should be the only patients to consider this type of extreme treatment. This type of therapy often leads to significant weight loss and health benefits. Yet Bariatric surgery addresses symptoms and not causes. It is very important for any patient who undergoes gastric reduction to also take into consideration meeting with a dietitian, or nutritionist.
Because of the instant gratification that I gastric reduction surgery offers many patients who undergo such treatments may later require some type of dietary therapy. Without creating some form of discipline and physical activity rich mean to accompany a gastric surgery it is likely that a patient will regain all of their healthy weight and again become obese. A large percentage of the patients who have undergone Bariatric surgery have no more than five years later, either need to repeat the surgery due to medical conditions or within years of needing to repeat the surgery.
This large percentage of people who were unsuccessful in maintaining some type of dietary guidelines, represent the majority of people who have gastric reduction.That is why many people in medical field believe that unless it is absolutely necessary to have gastric reduction surgery, it is advised simply to lose weight used more traditional methods. Regular activity and a healthy diet can do far more in the long run than any surgery.