Gastric Sleeve Surgery Tips

In the world that is becoming fat rapidly, fighting with obesity means beginning a big challenge. Don’t you want to be one of the fat people? Many of research papers, suggest that change of nutrition pattern and increase of using unhealthy foodstuff, are the main reasons of obesity in children and adults. In today crowded world, through change of cooking time and change of food pattern from healthy and natural food to various fast food and convenience food, the number of fat people is increasing day by day./ Gastric Sleeve in Iran

With development of medical science, various methods of surgeries are created for fighting with obesity, such as Sleeve surgery, gastric bypass surgery, balloon and banding, that gastric sleeve surgery is one of the best surgeries that doctors suggest it. Sleeve surgery causes the reduction of patient’s weight through limiting stomach volume. In this surgery, you lose 75% of your stomach volume and 60% of your weight, and shape of your stomach will change from a big apple to a banana. Certainly you don’t expect that this banana accepts foodstuff as much as a big apple.

Do I have necessary conditions for Gastric Sleeve surgery?

Sleeve is a heavy surgery that you will lose most volume of your stomach in it. To know whether you can be the candidate for this surgery or not, read the following cases.
● Age above 8 years
● Body mass index (BMI) more than 40
● Having had excessive obesity for more than 5 years.
● You have done all treatments of obesity but you didn’t get desired results.
● Not drinking alcoholic beverages.

Before surgery

● Lose about 3 to 5 kilograms of your weight.
● Consumption of medicines like aspirin, Plavix, warfarin and others that have anticoagulant effect, must be discontinued at least one week before surgery.
● Don’t use contraception drugs at least from one month before surgery.
● Green tea is forbidden.
● Medicines related to blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes, usually can be taken until the night before surgery, but certainly their consumption should be with doctor’s affirmation.
● From six weeks before surgery, discontinue using alcoholic drinks.
● Note that if your helicobacter tests (stomach microbe) is positive, depending on illness severity, it is necessary to consume medicine between five days to two weeks, then after a new test and negative result of this test, surgery will be done.

Surgery Method

This surgery like many bariatric surgeries, can be done with two open and laparoscopic methods. In open method, the surgery is done through creating a big cut in the stomach surface of this surgery and usually because of having long-term convalescence period and more pain after operation, today it is used less.
In closed method, sleeve operation is done through creating some small cut and by using a camera for conducting surgery, and all stages of surgery is observable on the monitor and doctor has complete dominance on the region of surgery. In this method, patient will have very less pain and his/her convalescence period is very shorter than open surgery methods.
In sleeve surgery, more than 75% of your stomach is removed and just a vertical tubal stomach will be remained. This surgery is performed under general anesthesia, and usually depending on doctor’s opinion and consideration of your status after surgery, you will be in hospital 1 to 3 days; and typically about 4 to 6 weeks after surgery, you can return to your workplace. This time period can be more or less in some patients.

Cares after gastric sleeve:

● Don’t forget to drink water and liquids without palp during day.
● Patients usually complain about problems like constipation after surgery. Until a week after surgery this problem is common and you shouldn’t be worry about it. If the problem of intestinal movements is continued and pain increases, you must consult with your doctor.
● Don’t forget drugs that reduce gastric acid.
● Walking and daily light exercises will quicken your improvement.
● Don’t lift heavy things.
● Until 3 weeks after surgery, don’t sit in hot water bathtub.
Note that your nutrition after surgery is very important. You lost a big part of your stomach and cannot consume various foodstuff like before. Having a diet containing enough nutritious substances, is very essential for you:
● In the first week after surgery, your diet contains leached liquids like water of fillet or meat without fat.
● You can start soft foods in the form of puree from third week. Food should be completely mixed and soft so that your new stomach can digest it. Foods like: very diluted soup, soft noodles within soup, yoghurt and etc.
● After first month you can start eating ordinary food but in low volume and by considering healthy diet.
● Consider 3 small meals in your diet and treat yourself to a light and low volume snack that contains nutritious substances.
● Don’t forget to consume protein, vegetables and fruits.
● Escape from eating effervescent drinks, white bread, fried and high calorie food.
● Don’t drink water an hour before and after food.
In all bariatric surgeries that are accompanied with lowering and cutting stomach volume, shortage of vitamin will be felt highly. With 3 very light and low volume meals you cannot supply all substances that your body needs. So, using vitamins and supplements shouldn’t be forgotten.

Advantages of gastric sleeve

● First advantage of bariatric surgeries including sleeve, is the reduction of feeling hungry and anorexia.
● No need to move or remove a part of intestine
● Non-existence of external object in body
● Non-manipulation of pylorus
● Losing 60 percent of weight during 18 months after surgery.
● Possibility of pregnancy 6 months after surgery
Gastric sleeve like many other large gastric surgeries, is unreturnable and there’s no notification from your previous and natural stomach, and of course due to this reason you should be careful not to encounter lack of essential vitamins for body.

Cost of gastric sleeve in Iran

Declared prices are just your treatment cost and other expenses of travel such as ticket and hotel, aren’t mentioned in this part. In MOJ ARAMESH AMITIS health tourism Company, we provide you with all necessary services in the form of a package so that you can travel to Iran safely.
The cost of this surgery in Iran, is about 1800$ to 2150$. The price of this surgery is 28700 $ in United States, 5000 $ in India, 7200 $ in Turkey, 8900 $ in Mexico, 9900$ in Thailand, and 8400$ in Malaysia.

Gastric sleeve and its insurance coverage

If you have all conditions of sleeve surgery (click to see necessary conditions) and this surgery is among treatments that are under insurance coverage in your country, so don’t worry about expenses. Our hospitals, will give you all necessary documents after discharge to carry them to your country, and paid expenses will be returned to you.
The process of accepting international patients in Iran is as follow:
Being your host is our proud and all our effort versus your trust, is creating a sense of satisfaction of therapeutic travel to Iran./ Gastric Sleeve in Iran

Perhaps, it is not bad to take a look at the process of accepting health tourists in Iran. According to difference of International Currencies price like Euro and Dollar with Rial, Iran is one of the best surgery destinations for international patients. In addition to receiving proper therapeutic services, as a foreign patient, you can enjoy a lot of tourism attractions in Iran, and return to your country with a good memory and satisfaction of treatment.
Furthermore, there’s no long-term queue for receiving therapeutic services and you will undergo surgery without wasting time.
● Selecting hospital or a company that facilitates health tourism. MOJ ARAMESH AMITIS health tourism Company, as the first holder of facilitation license from Ministry of Health and Medical Education, is fully prepared to receive medical documents and perform initial consultations.
● Doing initial consultation, determining all expenses of travel and treatment, determining date of your acceptance
● Sending essential documents like passport to provide ticket, hotel reservation and initial acceptance in hospital
● Acceptance in hospital, initial visit, doing necessary tests and determining surgery date
● Performing surgery
● Receiving necessary care services in hospital until the moment of discharge
● Discharge from hospital and receiving file summary, bill, necessary documents for receiving expenses of surgery in your country (if this surgery is under insurance coverage in your country)
● Receiving necessary care services in hotel from nursing team.
● Final visit by doctor
● Attractive tours of touring Iran
● Patient’s tracking until complete improvement.