Bariatric surgery without incisions

Oct 19

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Yes, but in the future, that is.

Bariatric surgery or obesity surgery is a procedure with a considerable amount of risks. Despite the fact that many Americans are obese, the number of patients who are willing to undergo the procedure are only a few. Doctors predicted that in the coming years, obesity surgery would become a low-risk procedure by employing methods such as using a long tube, which will be inserted through the mouth and guided down to the stomach.

Earth Times has this to say about the matter:

Doctors have said that in the coming years, the surgery done to counter obesity in which the stomach is stapled to reduce its size, may be possible without making any incisions. The surgery may be done by only using a long tube which will be inserted through the mouth and guided down to the stomach. This will make the surgical procedure a far lower risk and also at lower costs, thus paving the way for more patients to undertake the surgery.

Dr. Philip Schauer, Head of Bariatric Surgery Program at Cleveland Clinic suggested another way of doing the procedure: inserting a tube in the intestines which would obstruct the absorption of calories. He said that using the mouth or rectum which is a natural orifice would further lower costs, since it meant that the procedure could be performed without anesthesia, also making it less risky.

This idea of doctors looking for ways to do bariatric surgery safely and at lower cost is indicative of the high expense the current methods entail. Obesity surgery can cost up to $25,000 or more and that’s quite a lot of money.

These new techniques would surely drop the current cost and would then let people have affordable options.

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