| Medical tourism offers Gastric weight loss surgery in | | | | video camera and others permit access of specialized |
| India at a very economical and beneficial offer. So why | | | | operating instruments. The surgeon actually views his |
| to worry about medical insurance and high cost | | | | operation on a video screen. The method is also called |
| medical treatment when medical tourism arranges | | | | limited access surgery, reflecting both the limitation on |
| economical obesity surgery for patients from abroad. | | | | handling and feeling tissues and also the limited |
| Cost of Gastric weight loss surgery in India is almost | | | | resolution and two-dimensionality of the video image. |
| half compared to the cost of treatment in other | | | | With experience, a skilled laparoscopic surgeon can |
| developed countries. India is one of many destinations | | | | perform most procedures as expeditiously as with an |
| for medical tourists because of its world-class | | | | open incision — with the option of using an incision |
| standards of medical care, highly trained obesity | | | | should the need arise. |
| surgeons and of course the undeniably diverse tourist | | | | Health benefits of Gastric weight loss surgery: |
| attractions. It is an all round popular medical tourism | | | | Medical conditions that may be greatly improved after |
| destination for those who chose to have obesity | | | | Gastric weight loss surgery includes: High blood |
| surgery abroad, hence the term – medical tourism. | | | | pressure, about 60 percent of patients with high blood |
| Gastric weight loss surgery: | | | | pressure are able to stop all medications and have a |
| Gastric weight loss surgery also called as Bariatric | | | | normal blood pressure, usually within two to three |
| surgery, Bypass surgery, gastric banding and Obesity | | | | months after surgery. High Cholesterol: More than 70 |
| surgery. If you're very overweight and can't lose | | | | percent of patients will develop normal cholesterol |
| pounds with a healthy diet and exercise, surgery might | | | | levels within two to three months. Diabetes: More than |
| be an option for you. Gastric weight loss surgery is | | | | 80 percent of Type-2 diabetics obtain excellent results, |
| usually for men who are at least 100 pounds | | | | usually within a few weeks after surgery. Asthma: |
| overweight and women who are at least 80 pounds | | | | According to IFSO, successful Bariatric surgery |
| overweight. If you are somewhat less overweight, | | | | reduces the number and severity of asthma attacks. |
| surgery still might be an option if you also have | | | | Respiratory Insufficiency: Improvement of exercise |
| diabetes, heart disease or sleep apnea. Gastric weight | | | | tolerance and breathing ability usually occurs within the |
| loss surgery limits the amount of food you can take in. | | | | first few months after surgery. Sleep Apnea |
| Some operations also restrict the amount of food you | | | | Syndrome: Dramatic relief of sleep apnea occurs as |
| can digest. | | | | patients lose weight. Stress Urinary Incontinence: This |
| Surgery indications of Gastric weight loss surgery: | | | | condition responds dramatically to weight loss and |
| Gastric weight loss surgery is indicated for the surgical | | | | usually significant improvement in the control occurs. |
| treatment of morbid obesity, a diagnosis which is made | | | | After Gastric weight loss surgery: |
| when the patient is seriously obese, has been unable | | | | Most patients who undergo Gastric weight loss |
| to achieve satisfactory and sustained weight loss by | | | | surgery or some form of gastric banding procedure do |
| dietary efforts and is suffering from co-morbid | | | | lose weight. Many lose a lot of weight. But this |
| conditions which are either life-threatening or a serious | | | | massive weight loss brings problems of its own. |
| impairment to the quality of life. | | | | Typically patients are left with large folds of excess |
| Surgical techniques of Gastric weight loss surgery: | | | | skin, along with loose muscles and sometimes localized |
| An increasing number of Gastric weight loss surgeries | | | | pockets of unsightly fat tissue. In such cases, Bariatric |
| are now performed by limited access techniques, | | | | plastic surgery or lipoplasty (liposuction) can help to |
| termed "laparoscopy". Laparoscopic surgery is | | | | reshape the normal structures of the body in order to |
| performed using several small incisions or ports, one of | | | | improve appearance and self-esteem. |
| which conveys a surgical telescope connected to a | | | | |