Revision Surgery

Revision surgery

Revision surgery is the name given to surgery performed after having performed a first bariatric or metabolic surgery. The most common cause of revision surgery is patients who have regained weight after initial bariatric surgery, however there are other causes of revision surgery such as scheduled or second-stage revision surgery, increased glucose levels, insufficient weight loss, excessive weight loss, removal of a gastric band, or any complications associated with surgery. The following list names the most common causes of revision surgery: 1.- Weight re-gain: This occurs when a patient underwent surgery, such as Gastric Band, Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass, and managed to lose weight adequately. However, over the years he regained weight. One of the most common revision surgeries in this area is when a patient underwent a gastric band or gastric sleeve and gained weight again. In these cases, a revision surgery is considered so that the patient can once again lose the weight gained. 2.- 2nd stage surgery: This occurs when the patient has a very significant obesity, generally super-obesity, in these cases and depending on each case, the surgeon may propose performing a gastric sleeve as a first step, which will help to lose about 40% of the excess weight and convert to some type of Gastric Bypass within a year to lose another 30-40% of excess weight. It is a scheduled revision surgery. 3.- Revision surgery due to surgery complication: This occurs in very rare cases, however it is possible that a complication such as leak or obstruction of the initial surgery requires reviewing and resolving the complication in a timely manner.
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