WHAT IS REVISION SURGERY AND WHO ARE THE PROPER CANDIADATES FOR THAT?
Today, the most rational and effective way to fight obesity, morbid obesity, super and hyper obesity is ‘Bariatric Surgery’. Surgical procedures that vary according to the person’s lifestyle, eating habits and co-morbidities are the most reliable approach to the patient’s stepping into a quality and healthy life.
As we always say, the goal is to give people new habits after surgery. They should change their eating habits radically and target physical activity as part of their lives.
Sometimes things do not go as expected.
At this point ‘Revision Surgery’ is entering the circuit.
Revision surgeon; the name of the second operation carried out in case of failure of any operation, patient or technical problem.
Nowadays most revision surgeons; the ‘stomach cuff’, which we call the stomach band, due to inadequate weight loss and complications, should be removed and converted to another obesity surgeon. Will revision surgery be applied to people who have had Sleeve Gastrectomy?
Revision surgery may be needed if the person can not fit healthy eating habits for 18 months, can not achieve adequate weight gain, or if weight gain is observed again. Technical disadvantages are the result, an inexperienced surgeon or revision surgeon is consulted when adequate weight loss is not achieved. We must know that revision surgery is more difficult and requires surgery than surgery, which is done first.
Your first actual surgery can be converted into different surgeries with the revision surgery
* Stomach reduction surgery (Sleeve Gastrectomy); to Re-Sleeve Gastrectomy, a smaller stomach volume or By-pass type surgical procedures,
* By-pass type surgeries; Roux-N Y can be revised to many surgical procedures such as Gastric By-pass or Duodenal Switch
* If your physician is experienced and a physician who has made a revision surgery, it would be beneficial to have your second operation in the same physician.
Yours,
Bariatric Surgical Nutrition Consultant
Pinar SEYREK