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Flatulence is observed even after years of surgery. [7] Patients may suffer from persisted problems of producing flatus with foul-smell due to the accumulation of gas in the gastrointestinal tract. [7] There can also be problems of abnormal distension of the abdomen after meals. [7]
The physically smaller stomach and increase in baseline satiety hormones help people to feel full with less food after the surgery. [ 4 ] This is the most commonly performed operation for weight loss in the United States, with approximately 140,000 gastric bypass procedures performed in 2005. [ 18 ]
High-fiber foods and foods with a more dense, natural consistency can become very difficult to eat, while highly refined foods cause little discomfort. Many people who regain any weight lost after surgery do so because they begin to avoid the discomfort associated with consuming "healthier" foods, and start eating more easily passed "junk" foods.
A study published in 2016 showed that growth progresses were unaffected after sleeve gastrectomy in children younger than 14 years of age. [18] Depression following the procedure has been noted in some individuals. Another side effect is insomnia. After this surgery many people can only sleep when they take melatonin or sleeping medications. [19]
The gastric bypass reduces the size of the stomach by well over 90%. [4] A normal stomach can stretch, sometimes to over 1000 mL, while the pouch of the gastric bypass may be 15 mL in size. The gastric bypass pouch is usually formed from the part of the stomach that is least susceptible to stretching.
The term abdominal surgery broadly covers surgical procedures that involve opening the abdomen . Surgery of each abdominal organ is dealt with separately in connection with the description of that organ (see stomach , kidney , liver , etc.) Diseases affecting the abdominal cavity are dealt with generally under their own names.
Immediately after surgery, a case of gossypiboma can commonly be mistaken for an abscess, especially when it is near a passage between organs (a "fistula"). In those cases where a sponge isn't discovered until much later, it may be impossible to tell the difference between gossypiboma and an "intra-abdominal abscess". [ 10 ]
Bowel resection may be done as an open surgery, with a long incision in the abdomen. It may also be done laparoscopically or robotically by creating several small incisions in the abdomen through which surgical instruments are inserted. [2] [3] [4] Once the abdomen is accessed by one of these methods the surgery may proceed.