Thursday, 8 January 2015

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Madurai

Obesity is a serious condition of the body that may leads to various diseases like Diabetes, Heart problems associated with cholesterol, kidney failure, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. So it is very essential to reduce the over weight or obesity.

There are different methods for reducing the obesity. One of them is “Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy”. This is a laparoscopic method for reducing overweight. Laparoscopic methods are techniques or surgeries which are minimal invasive in nature.

Guru Hospital in Madurai is one of the famous hospital providing high quality Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Madurai.

What is Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy ?

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is a laparoscopic procedure in which a large portion of the stomach is removed. As a result of this the portion of the stomach which generate the hunger hormones are removed. So that less amount of hunger hormone is generated and the patient feels less hunger, also he feels like full while eating less amount of food. Thus the intake of food decreases and it helps to reduce the overweight of the patient.



How Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is carried out ?

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is carried out by inserting a laparoscope to the stomach through a small opening. Laparoscope is a long tube like structure with a camera and light on one end which is inserted in to the stomach and the other end is connected to the monitor where it is guided by the expertised surgeon. The camera gives the images of the inner organs in the monitor. By looking through the monitor and thus controlling the instrument the surgeon carry out the surgery.

Advantages of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy :


  • Less invasive technique.
  • Less cut and blood loss.
  • Person will be free to go for work after  2 to 3 days of surgery..ie post surgical recovery is fast.
  • Rapid weight loss.
  • No cuts or scars will be visible after surgery.

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