Metabolic Surgery

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I definitely benefit from Metabolic Surgery?

  If your test results are positive, you will benefit from this application.

• How long will it take for me to recover?

  Operations are often performed closed with the laparoscopy method, with the help of a camera through small holes opened in your abdomen. Usually, you will not have serious pain, except for the first day. Patients who have surgery usually stand up the next day. It is often necessary to stay in the hospital for 5-6 days. It will take 10 to 15 days for you to start work.

• How long does the surgery take?

  Although it varies according to the patient's condition, it varies between 1.5 and 7 hours.

• Is it a safe surgery?

  It is safe; because cutting and joining operations are performed with disposable apparatus during surgery. All the tools and equipment used are the latest technology products. All surgical team and anesthesiologists who will be in your surgery are experienced doctors who have been performing these surgeries for a long time and are dedicated to Metabolic Surgery.

• Is Metabolic Surgery obesity surgery?

  No. These are surgeries that can be applied to type 2 diabetes patients. The surgery to be done for a weak diabetic is different, the surgery to be done for an overweight diabetic is different, and the surgery to be done for an obese diabetic is different.

• Can I get rid of sugar?

  Although the chance of complete remission (return to normal) related to sugar after surgery varies according to the surgery, it varies between 70% and 98% for 8 to 30 years. It also depends on insulin stores in your body, their activity, and other test results. The success rate of Metabolic Surgery applications is not 100%. However, it should be appreciated that the range of 70-98% is also a very high chance of success. On the other hand, the rate of benefit from surgery (reduction in the number of drugs used, discontinuation of insulin, or a decrease in its dose) is indisputably 100%.

• What are the criteria?

  In order to benefit from Metabolic Surgery applications, you must have the following 3 criteria:

  • Having at least 20%, preferably 25%, insulin reservoir and at least half of this reservoir being alive (active),
  • Your fat tissue-derived resistance hormones are within certain limits,
  • Some substances that are produced by white blood cells and released into the blood and cause damage to the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas must be within normal limits.
• Am I a suitable candidate for surgery?

  There are several criteria for the decision of surgery:

  If you have a diabetes history of at least 2 years and your sugar cannot be controlled despite appropriate medication or insulin therapy,

  If your disease is progressive and organ damage has begun.

   

  Who should rush for treatment?

  Those whose diabetes does not regulate despite all the treatments tried,

  Those with high 3-month average blood sugar (HbA1c)

  Progression of the disease and failure to obtain the desired result from drug/insulin therapy,

  Do not wait any longer for possible complications in your kidneys, eyes, liver, feet and heart, and other organs.

• Why surgery?

  Despite medical treatment, diabetes continues to progress. The complications of diabetes are many: it causes serious damage to organs such as kidneys, eyes, nerves, heart, and brain, often irreversible, and even organ loss can occur.

  The surgery takes the high sugar under control. It corrects hypertension. It reduces the burden on the kidneys and liver and stops organ damage. After the surgery, high cholesterol and triglyceride levels and related problems disappear. In addition, you will get rid of your excess weight and it will be possible for you to control your weight.

• Who is the Tube Stomach operation suitable for?

  If your Body Mass Index (BMI) is over 35 and you have hypertension, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, osteoarthritis (rheumatism), sleep apnea syndrome, fatty liver, etc. If you have at least one or two of these diseases, or if your Body Mass Index (BMI) is directly over 40, your age is between 18 and 65, and if there is no obstacle to receiving general anesthesia, you are suitable for this operation.