On average, a person will lose 50-60 % of their excess body weight (the difference between their weight before the operation and their healthy weight) within a year with gastric sleeve surgery. However, the surgery won’t do all of the hard work for you. Although having gastric sleeve surgery should make sticking to your diet a little easier, you will still need to follow your diet plan very carefully.
The gastric sleeve procedure takes one to two hours. The surgeon will usually be able to work laparoscopically, which means that you will only need small, keyhole incisions. You will need to have a general anaesthetic.
Mr Sanjay Agrawal is a specialist bariatric surgeon, who performs laparoscopic weight-loss procedures at London’s Homerton University Hospital as well as in different private hospitals based in London, Essex & Hertfordshire.
Mr Agrawal is certified as ‘Master Surgeon in Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery™ (MSMBS™)’ by Surgical Review Corporation of USA. He is the only Weight-loss/Obesity Surgeon in the UK to achieve this designation. Worldwide, this is seen as a marker of quality assurance in patient care. Mr Agrawal’s team is very proud of his achievement, as it underscores his long-term commitment to high standards of treatment.
Following an invitation, Mr Agrawal has joined Top Doctors® UK and become a member of their international medical team following identification of him as a leading specialist in Bariatric Surgery in the UK. Top Doctors® is a global reference for international medicine and e-Health, bringing together the most renowned specialists in Europe, Latin America and the USA.