SGIT Surgery is Performed as Part of Research at Bombay Hospital

Aug. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- SGIT surgery is done under general anesthesia and help glycemic control in selected type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Sleeve Gastrectomy and Ileal Transposition are two steps that are involved in SGIT surgery. Eighty percent patients are maintaining blood sugar without medication and other twenty percent have significant control with reduced medicine requirement.

During Sleeve Gastrectomy operation the stomach is stapled along the length and excess or remnant part of stomach is removed. This reduces intake of food and Ghrelin hormone secretion which may have certain role in blood sugar control. In Ileal Transposition a segment of last part of small intestine is interposed between two parts of small intestine just beyond stomach. This increases blood levels of GLP-1 hormone levels and stimulates insulin secretion.

After SGIT surgery patients are recommended to have liquid diet for two weeks, soft diet for another four weeks and then normal diet. Human body results into lethargy, less energy expenditure and reduction in metabolic rate during active weight loss period. Thus doctors will inform you to perform physical activities such as long walks, swimming, weight training and abdominal exercises.

Dr Ramen Goel has started laparoscopy surgery in 1992 and has performed thousands of basic as well as advanced laparoscopic procedures. He is an invited faculty at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education at Mumbai to train practicing surgeons in India.

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