Obesity Surgery

What is Obesity Surgery?

Obesity surgery is a branch of medicine that includes surgical interventions to achieve weight loss in overweight or obese individuals. These surgical methods are used to promote weight loss, reduce obesity-related health problems, and improve patients’ quality of life. Bariatric surgery is often recommended for patients who cannot successfully lose weight with diet and exercise.

Scope of Obesity Surgery

• Gastric Reduction Surgeries: These surgeries reduce stomach capacity, allowing patients to eat less.
  • Gastric Sleeve (Sleeve Stomach Surgery): It is the creation of a narrow tube-shaped stomach by removing a large part of the stomach.
  • Gastric Bypass: It is the rearrangement of the digestive system by bypassing a small part of the stomach. This method both reduces stomach capacity and limits nutrient absorption.
  • Adjustable Gastric Band: A band is placed on the upper part of the stomach, narrowing the stomach entrance. The tightness of the band is adjustable.
• Malabsorptive Surgeries: These surgeries promote weight loss by limiting the absorption of foods.
  • Biliopancreatic Diversion (BPD): It is a surgery performed by removing a large part of the stomach and rearranging the intestines. Significantly reduces the absorption of nutrients.
• Combined Surgeries: These surgeries are procedures that both reduce stomach capacity and limit nutrient absorption.
  • Mini Gastric Bypass: It is a procedure that both shrinks the stomach and bypasses the intestines.

The Importance of Obesity Surgery

Obesity is an increasing health problem worldwide and can lead to many serious health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea. Obesity surgery is an effective treatment option in reducing these health problems and improving patients’ quality of life. Surgical interventions can help patients lose significant amounts of weight and maintain their weight over the long term.

Technologies Used in Obesity Surgery

• Laparoscopic Surgery: These procedures, which are performed with minimally invasive surgical methods, are performed through smaller incisions. This technique offers benefits such as less pain, faster recovery time and less scarring.
• Robotic Surgery: Robotic systems allow surgeons to perform more precise and controlled operations. This method provides fewer complications and faster recovery in obesity surgery.
• Endoscopic Procedures: Some procedures performed endoscopically involve temporary weight loss methods, such as balloons placed in the stomach. These methods can be used as an alternative to surgical intervention.

Rehabilitation After Obesity Surgery

Rehabilitation after obesity surgery is important to accelerate the recovery process of patients and ensure long-term success. The rehabilitation process includes nutritional counseling, exercise programs, psychological support and regular medical check-ups.  This process helps patients adopt healthy lifestyle habits and maintain weight loss.

Obesity Surgery with Asumed Health Care

Asumed Health Care provides the best service in the field of obesity surgery by collaborating with Turkey’s leading health institutions. The main services we offer to our patients are:

• Diagnosis and Evaluation: We ensure that our patients undergo a comprehensive evaluation. This allows an accurate diagnosis to be made and an appropriate treatment plan to be prepared.
• Surgical Interventions: We perform safe and effective surgical interventions using the latest technologies.  We are expanding our treatment options with methods such as gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and adjustable gastric band.
• Rehabilitation and Support: We offer nutritional consultancy, exercise programs and psychological support services to our patients during the post-surgical recovery process. This is important for patients to maintain weight loss and adopt a healthy lifestyle.
• International Patient Support: We offer specially designed services for our patients coming from abroad. These services include guidance throughout the treatment process, accommodation and transportation arrangements, translation services, and support for other needs.