sleeve gastronomy :

1/The preparation

Sleeve surgery requires a multidisciplinary approach with the participation of several practitioners, including doctors, surgeons, anaesthetists, psychologists, nutritionists, gastroenterologists, pneumologists, physiotherapists, etc.

The primary role will be to inform, examine and prescribe various examinations

The aim is to draw up a complete obesity assessment, which has four parts:

1-The health check-up describing the patient’s state of health, the conditions from which he/she already suffers (hypertension, nutritional deficiency, cardiac, respiratory or other disorders).

2-The psychological assessment to evaluate the need for psychotherapeutic support.

3-Lifestyle: to see if the patient is physically active or not, and what their eating habits are.

4-The last part concerns women of childbearing age. It deals with all questions related to pregnancy.

5-Following this assessment, the file is discussed in a multidisciplinary consultation meeting (RCP) to judge the patient’s eligibility for a sleeve gastrectomy.

sleeve for whom?

This operation is intended for patients generally aged between 18 and 60 years suffering from severe to morbid obesity – by way of comparison, gastric banding (rarer) only allows a BMI (body mass index) of up to 38.

patients affected by complications such as diabetes or high blood pressure and are “failing medical management

The benefits of the sleeve:

Sleeve surgery can save patients and significantly improve their lives. The operation can even put an end to obesity-related complications. “It can put diabetes into remission, can stop high blood pressure.

It can stop high blood pressure and sleep apnea,” says the president and founder of the League against Obesity.