What Happens During Gastric Sleeve Surgery?
Gastric
sleeve surgery is a major operation. Doctors will give you anesthesia so you sleep through the
surgery. After you're asleep, the surgeon will take out three-quarters of your
stomach, leaving you with a smaller banana-shaped stomach called the gastric
sleeve.
Are There Any Risks With Gastric Sleeve Surgery?
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too much bleeding
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leaking of stomach
contents into the belly from where the surgeon cut the stomach
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a bad reaction to
anesthesia
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blood clots
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infection
What Happens After Gastric Sleeve Surgery?
Gastric sleeve
surgery makes your stomach smaller — permanently. For the rest of your life,
you'll always have to eat much smaller portions. You'll also feel full faster.
To ease
into having a much smaller stomach, you'll need to follow a special diet
that starts with liquids only. Your dietitian will give you an eating plan that
gradually works up to solid foods; for example:
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For the first 2 to 3
weeks after surgery, you'll get all your nutrition from high-protein drinks.
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For the next 2 weeks or
so, you'll eat puréed foods.
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Finally, you'll move on
to soft foods for another couple of weeks before you can eat regular food.
Your
dietitian will teach you how to put together a healthy, balanced diet that
includes fruits and vegetables and emphasizes protein. Snacks like chips and
candy are high in calories and don’t have the nutrition you need, so try to
avoid these foods. Your dietitian also will recommend vitamin and mineral
supplements so you don't miss out on key nutrients.
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