Surgery to loss weight (robotic procedure)

Your doctor may offer robotic bariatric surgery if you have extreme obesity and have been unable to lose weight. The mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine make up your digestive system, often known as the gastrointestinal tract. To help you break down the food you eat, your pancreas, liver, and gallbladder pump digestive juices into your small intestine. If you are unable to lose weight and keep it off through diet and exercise alone, have a body mass index (BMI) of more than 40, have a BMI of more than 35 and a life-threatening condition such as heart disease or diabetes, or weigh more than 100 pounds over your ideal body weight (IBW), your doctor may recommend bariatric surgery. 

Bariatric surgery helps you lose weight by reducing the size of your stomach, which allows you to eat less and feel full faster. An intravenous line, or IV, will be started prior to your treatment. Antibiotics may be administered by IV to reduce the risk of infection. A general anaesthetic will be administered to you. To help you breathe during the procedure, a breathing tube will be put into your mouth and down your throat. A little incision near your belly button will be made, and a plastic tube called a port will be inserted. Through this port, carbon dioxide gas will be delivered into your abdomen. The gas will inflate your abdomen, allowing your surgeon to view and manipulate the surgical tools more easily.

A high-definition camera will be put into this port after your abdomen has been expanded. Additional port incisions will be made for robotic instruments as well as equipment utilized by patient side support. All of the robotic tools will be inserted through these ports by an assistance. These tools, unlike traditional laparoscopic equipment, can spin 360 degrees and are more flexible than the human wrist. Your surgeon will use joystick-like controls and foot pedals to manipulate the robotic arms and camera while seated at a customised station. The precise movements of your surgeon's fingertips will be translated into accurate movements of the surgical tools by a computer. A high definition vision system will provide a magnified, three-dimensional stereoscopic picture of the operative area at the same time.

 

A gastric sleeve surgery is a frequent robotic bariatric surgical treatment. The majority of your stomach will be removed during this treatment, leaving a tiny sleeve-like tube around the size of a banana. Your surgeon will cut and staple your stomach at the same time to form the gastric sleeve. One of the incisions will be used to remove the portion of your stomach that is separated from the gastric sleeve. The residual gastric sleeve has no effect on the passage of food into and out of your stomach. The wounds will be closed with stitches, staples, surgical glue, or closure tape dressings at the conclusion of the surgery. Sterile dressings will be applied to the incisions.

Your breathing tube will be removed after your procedure, and you will be transferred to the recovery area for monitoring. Pain medication will be provided to you as needed. Antibiotics can still be given to you through your IV. The majority of patients are discharged from the hospital within one to two days of the procedure.

 

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