Today, surgical methods are very important and vital for obesity patients. Thanks to these operations, patients can easily get rid of many psychological and physiological disorders caused by excessive fat and take a step into a brand new life. Although these types of operations usually give successful results, sometimes there may be cases where “re-operation” is required after bariatric operations.
As a result of re-examination of the patient’s condition after obesity surgeries, if the patient continues to gain weight or does not fall below the determined weight, he can be taken to “re-surgical intervention”. These interventions are called “revision surgery”.
If the wrong choice was made and failed in the first bariatric surgery, then a revision, or “complementary”, is performed. In revisional bariatric surgery, the results are positive in operations performed with the right decision and method.
Why is Revisional Obesity Surgery Applied?
In 10% of all obesity surgeries in the world, there is a possibility of “not achieving the desired result”. If a patient who has undergone bariatric surgery loses less than 50% of his excess weight in the 18-month period, that bariatric surgery is unsuccessful. In addition, weight regained after long period or late weight loss is also an indicator of failure. For this reason, bariatric surgeons may prefer to revise failed restrictive surgical procedures. The processes that can be reversed are malabsorptive, that is, malabsorption or combined methods.
Which Patients Cannot Have Revisional Obesity Surgery?
The desired result cannot be achieved with bariatric surgery or other conditions may occur. Accordingly, the patient is taken to the process of re-evaluation for “revision surgery”. However, a patient who has undergone bariatric surgery may not be found suitable for another bariatric surgery as a result of evaluation.The patients in the following group are generally not suitable for revisional surgery.
The patients in the following group are generally not suitable for revisional surgery.
- Individuals who use drags, alcohol and cigarettes
- Patients diagnosed with eating disorder
- Patients who refuse to take vitamins and nutritional support
Patients with reflux who do not want to receive medical treatment are not considered suitable candidates for revision surgery.
What are the Processes of Revisional Obesity Surgery?
A thorough evaluation of the patient before the revisional surgery is important for the success of the new surgery. Factors that may cause obesity surgery to fail should be identified. In this regard, some tests are requested from all patients for whom revision surgery has been decided. These are necessary tests such as “blood tests, endoscopy, pulmonary function tests, anesthesia evaluation”. Preoperative education is given to the patient. In the next process, the day of surgery is decided and the patient is taken to the surgery. The patient’s controls are made every three months in the first year after the operation, and at the 18th and 24th months in the second year. From the third year, follow-ups are carried out annually.
Turkey is the Center in Obesity Treatment!
One of the strongest areas of Turkey, which is considered among the top 10 countries in the world in health tourism, is obesity treatment. Having specialist doctors, dietitians and surgeons pointed out by the world in bariatric surgery, Turkey is especially preferred by Europe with its qualified and comfortable hospitals. Turkey offers a relaxing holiday opportunity for patients as it is a real tourism paradise, which foreign patients trust with its price advantages as well as quality service.
Due to the increase in obesity in the world and the global crisis, most of the European countries have changed their health policies and decided to exclude many treatments in this field from the insurance coverage. Many patients, who had to pay the high costs of this long-term treatment, were deprived of this treatment. Turkey, on the other hand, has preferred to be a center where these transactions can be carried out with much more economical costs by completely arranging its price policy in accordance with the policies of developing health tourism. In this way, even with a rough calculation, it seems that the entire cost of accommodation, flight and treatment for patients coming to Turkey for treatment is lower than the cost of treatment in their own country. This makes Turkey inevitable for treatment.
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