Why Cant They Just Tie The Stomach Instead Of Cutting It Out Permanently?

[betterthanbefore 19]

I just thought about this. Why dont they tie it where they cut it instead of cutting it out permanently and then untie after goal is met so we dont become anorexic?

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

You are basically describing the theory behind the band. We all know how great that worked out! Besides, the second you'd "untie" it (or loosen the band), you'd be packing on like 20 lbs a month.

[IowaAndy 95]

You will not become anorexic from this surgery. I am sure that this surgery had been done in several ways before the surgical community settling on this type of procedure and what is done. If this was reversible then you would just gain all the weight back. Just like when they take the lapband out or take all of the fill out......people gain the weight back. If you have not had this surgery you might want to consider the band if you want your stomach back and something reversible.

[fattypattynomore 1]

Tieing would cause erosion and would be unsafe. There is the lapband which.is similar to tieing it off. The reason they never undue these surgeries is because they work by restricting your volume of food from several cups down to one.cup or less. If they opened it back up everyone would regain weight as fast as they lost it! It also sections off the part of the stomach that produces ghrelin, the hunger hormone, this helps control hunger in effort to help lose and maintain weightloss.

The procedure doesn't make u anorexic at all, but maybe I misunderstood you, what did u mean by anorexic?

[2bsmallagain 156]

I just thought about this. Why dont they tie it where they cut it instead of cutting it out permanently and then untie after goal is met so we dont become anorexic?

There is a surgery call gastric plication that sort of ties the stomach back to form a sleeve. It does not take the hunger away but does give you the illusion of a sleeve and is reversable. It can cause some issues though with infection and things getting caught and causing serious problems. You can google gastric plication and look at youtube for it.

[Debvzw 48]

I always wondered why they didnt just take some of the fat out with the stomach

[ToDream 18]

The sleeve removes a section of the stomach called the fundus which is responsible for the majority of the production of ghrelin in your body, that's your satiety/hunger hormone. The surgery works 2 ways. One is physical restriction since you simply CANNOT eat to much. The second way is that it takes away the physiological response for hunger - you'll still get head hunger but the physical cramping/grumblies etc is gone.

[mesaucedo 207]

When I was watching my video I thought the same thing lol My fat is right there! Just take a bit out with you!!

I always wondered why they didnt just take some of the fat out with the stomach

[Tiffykins 672]

Because tissue needs adequate blood flow, tying off a large portion of the organ, and/or even just suturing and pleating it as in the plication is not giving the results as once promised.

Also, scar tissue forms, adhesions line damaged tissue, you can wrap a rubberband around your finger for a year and then take it off and not have any damage.