What is a Gastric Sleeve?
Gastric sleeve surgery, called vertical sleeve gastrectomy by medical professionals, is a surgical procedure to decrease the size of the stomach to around 80% to 90% of its original size. The remaining stomach is a tubular sleeve-like pouch that resembles a banana. Gastric sleeve surgery is reversible and helps people lose a significant proportion of their body weight. People who undergo this operation feel fuller faster, which reduces overeating significantly. The procedure also reduces the body’s ability to produce a hunger hormone called ghrelin. The reduced level of this surgery causes people to feel hungry less often. Naturally, as they lower the amount of food they consume, the weight will start to burn off the body.
Gastric Sleeve is now one of the most commonly performed bariatric procedures (procedures that cause weight loss by restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold) in the world. It brings profound changes to life for those with morbid obesity, such as:
Help lose excess weight of around 60% to 70% within one year of surgery.
Eliminate health conditions due to excess weight and obesity, such as diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, fatty liver disease, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), joint pain, and sleep apnea,
Decrease the desire to eat and reduction in hunger sensation.
Improvement in quality of life. You may even be able to consume all types of food but in much smaller quantities.
Thanks to its high-quality service, advanced medical technology, and competitive prices, people flock to Turkey to undergo a gastric sleeve surgery. Two of the most popular cities in Turkey for gastric sleeve are Istanbul and Antalya.