Ability To Lose More Than Half The Weight With Bypass
Surgery: Gastric Bypass
Surgeon: Dr. Ahmed Hatem
Pre-surgical weight: 230 kg
Post-surgical weight: 110 kg
Weight lost: 120 kg
Obesity is a complex multi-factor disease that arises from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Knowledge of how obesity occurs and its causes is incomplete. However, it involves overlapping social, behavioral, cultural, physiological, and genetic factors.
Progress in the treatment of obesity:
The field of medical obesity has grown significantly during the past decade. New surgeries have emerged to help obese patients lose excess weight and improve their health to enjoy a better quality of life and a longer average life.
Some surgeries are designed to control appetite and stomach size; leading to significant weight loss. Others change the ways the body deals with foods; which reduces calorie absorption. New technologies have made bariatric surgery safer than ever before.
Pre-weight loss surgery tests:
Despite the different techniques of bariatric surgeries, all require standardized tests for all surgeries. They are basic laboratory and diagnostic tests aimed at evaluating the patient’s health condition, such as liver function tests, complete blood picture, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, Thyroid-stimulating hormone, or complete thyroid function tests. Further lab tests may be requested based on the results of that initial evaluation.
This hero carried out these tests under the supervision of Dr. Ahmed Hatem, consultant of bariatric and laparoscopic surgeries, before performing Gastric Bypass surgery. He was suffering from severe obesity and weighed 230 kilograms, which reflected negatively on his health, mobility, breathing, and his constant sense of lethargy. After Gastric Bypass, the weight loss was comfortable, as he lost more than half of his weight and reached 110 kilograms with the disappearance of obesity-related diseases forever.
Gastric Bypass:
Gastric Bypass is characterized by effective results for those with advanced degrees of excessive obesity through its impressive surgical steps. The most important is the stomach pocket containing smaller meals and changing the digestive system path, to ensure that these small meals do not pass through the absorbing areas of the digestive system, thus reducing calories in the blood; which prompts the body to burn stored fat for energy. Therefore, the weight decreases significantly.
Weight loss is accompanied by controlling obesity-related diseases and the ability to recover to a great extent. The most important of which are hypertension, type 2 diabetes, significant improvement in mobility, fertility return, and a significant improvement in quality of life. Many people who have performed bypass surgery have benefited from improvements in their diseases associated with obesity.
Integrated bariatric surgery program with Dr. Ahmed Hatem:
It is necessary to have an integrated program that guides diet, physical activity, and psychological concerns before and after surgery, which Dr. Ahmed Hatem provides by selecting the skilled doctors in his medical team.
Patients who do not follow instructions to maintain an adequate intake of vitamins and minerals may develop vitamin B12 and iron deficiency with anemia. So, implementing the advice of the medical team of Dr. Ahmed Hatem adds another dimension to the success of the surgery.
