Have people been fat shaming you your whole life? Has losing weight always been a challenge for you? Are you tired of trying everything from drinking slimming tea to doing pilates? But your weighing scale is not showing even a slightest reduction in weight? Don’t worry! Now you can easily lose weight and maintain it by undergoing gastric bypass weight loss surgery at Asli Tarcan Clinic in Turkey.
Gastric bypass Turkey is a type of bariatric surgery which helps severely obese patients to lose weight effectively. According to a research from the Mayo Clinic, this procedure not only reduces food intake but also alters hormonal signals that affect hunger and metabolism, contributing to significant weight loss and improvement in obesity-related conditions
This article is your ultimate guide to all your queries about the procedure, types, advantages, complications and cost of gastric bypass surgery in Turkey.
Gastric bypass is a surgical procedure that aims to reduce weight by decreasing the size of your gut. Your smaller gut will be able to hold less food, limiting your ability of food intake and absorbing less calories. Now, shedding excess weight becomes much easier and permanent this way.
You can expect a pleasant change in your life by getting this weight loss procedure, such as:
Rapid Weight Loss
You will feel a significant weight drop of about 50-70% in the first year after the gastric bypass surgery.
Ideal Weight
You are able to drop extra pounds and reach your desired BMI permanently.
Highly Energetic
By increasing your basal metabolic rate (BMR) with losing weight, you feel more energetic and motivated.
Improving Chronic Health
Diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver and metabolic syndrome are alleviated and overall health condition improves.
Happier Living
With positive perception of your body image you will be contented and confident in your life.
Regaining Fertility
Weight loss surgery improves your sexual health overall, helps in management of PCOS and reduces the risks of pregnancy related complications.
Peaceful Sleep
Sleep apnea improves with this bariatric procedure. Your quality of sleep improves and so does your mood.
The decision of weight loss Turkey procedure is made mutually by the surgeon and the patient. If you want to have Roux-en-Y surgery in Turkey, you have to fulfill a certain criteria to be eligible, such as:
Gastric bypass Turkey is a transformative surgery with permanent results so the decision should be made carefully. Some conditions may require additional assessments and investigations before our obesity surgeon reaches the conclusion in the best health interest of the patients.
Here is the comparison of most common types of gastric bypass surgeries with different techniques used:
| Types of Procedure | Description | Invasiveness | Weight Loss Effect | Technique Used | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roux-en-Y gastric bypass | Stomach is divided in smaller and larger portion then reconnected with y shaped loop of intestine | More invasive | High | Open, stapling the stomach or vertical banding | Lesser complications, less risk of malnutrition, incisional infections and hernias |
| Mini gastric bypass | Performed like roux-en-Y | Less invasive | Good to fair | Open with single anastomosis gastric bypass(SABG) | Less complications, very low risk of malnutrition |
| Laparoscopic gastric bypass | All steps of roux-en-Y are performed through laparoscopy | Minimally invasive | Good | Using a camera, smaller incisions | Shorter hospital stay, less complications, lesser pain |
| Extensive gastric bypass (biliopancreatic diversion) | Stomach is cut to made smaller and attached to last part of small intestine | Highly invasive | Very high | Open, most of the stomach is excised | Greater risks of malnutrition, excessive weight loss and Dumping syndrome |
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass can be performed via an open procedure or laparoscopy, depending on the surgeon’s competency and skills as well as the availability of advanced facilities.
The basic steps of the laparoscopic gastric bypass procedure are as follows:
Your initial appointment addresses your current health condition. Weight Loss Surgeons may advise you for blood workup and other necessary investigations for the procedure. Our surgeon explains to you about the procedure, aftercare and answers your queries. Your procedure date is set.
Our doctor put you under sedation with general anesthesia to ensure that you feel no pain or discomfort during the procedure.
A Bairiatric Surgeon takes a scalpel and makes a main small incision through which your abdominal cavity is inflated with carbon dioxide gas. This is to separate the abdominal wall from underlying structures. Other small incisions are also made to introduce laparoscopy instruments.
Laparoscopy or camera is entered to visualize the stomach. The surgeon first divides the stomach into upper smaller egg-sized portions and lower larger portions using staples.
Then the small intestine portion is taken into consideration and the lower side of that small gut portion is attached with a smaller stomach. The upper end of this small intestine portion is attached with a larger stomach. A Y-shaped loop of the proximal small intestine is formed.
Note:- In this way, the right arm of the Y loop gets the food directly from the smaller stomach to the last part of the small intestine without absorption of calories. The left arm is able to collect digestive juices from liver, gallbladder and pancreas and direct to the common lumen or ‘stem of Y’. It helps in normal digestion of the food even from shortened small gut.
Vessels of the newly formed pathway are also attached and leak test is performed to ensure there is no discontinuity in the passage.
All the instruments are taken out of the abdominal cavity. Incisions are approximated and wounds are closed and bandaged carefully.
Turkey is considered the most economical destination with advanced facilities to undergo gastric bypass surgery. We have the most competent surgeons in the world with the best possible patient care.
Here is a comparison of the average cost of weight-reducing procedure in Turkey with other countries like the US, UK, Canada and Germany etc.
|
Country |
Average Cost Of Gastric Bypass |
| Turkey | $4,500 – $6,000 |
| UK | $10,000 – $19,000 |
| USA | $15,000 – $30,000 |
| Canada | $10,000 – $25,000 |
| Germany | $12,000 – $22,000 |
Yes, the Turkey Roux-en-Y procedure is a permanent transformation in your gut. And the weight loss effect it produces is also everlasting.
Yes, you are able to carry out normal, healthy and natural living after gastric bypass Turkey. Your health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure etc. will be controlled and you can expect to feel a positive mood and body image.
This bariatric procedure can definitely induce early satiety i.e. feeling full sooner, but you are able to eat anything you like. However, the portion you are able to ingest is smaller than before.
You are sedated during the procedure with general anesthesia to keep you pain free. For a few days after surgery you may feel pain and discomfort but it is usually tolerable. You are also prescribed analgesics for pain relief.
In rare cases, yes your stomach can stretch back to original size or staples could be displaced. But controlled eating and a healthy lifestyle can prevent such complications.
It is a rare but possible complication of the procedure. But commitment to yourself with opting a healthy lifestyle and a conscious diet can prevent it.
Gastric bypass is a bariatric procedure to make permanent changes in the size of the stomach and lumen of the upper part of the small intestine.
Yes, you can eat whatever you like but portion control is a must for permanent effects. Experts usually recommend a healthy mindful diet after this weight loss surgery.
There are potential complications associated with the Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass. But by choosing our experienced and reputed bariatric surgeons at Asli Tarcan Clinic in Turkey, the risks of such side effects become unlikely:
Average timeline of recovery after gastric bypass Turkey is given as:
This is how you can start eating after the weight loss procedure:
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