Dr. Michel Gagner, the specialist in bariatric surgery, realized two weeks ago a new intervention which, unlike the techniques favored to date, does not modify the digestive system.
A non-invasive treatment approved less than six months ago by Health Canada, which is now a new option for people with obesity.
The technique is based on an already known procedure. People who suffer from cancer of the throat or who are unable to feed by mouth can indeed have a tube placed in the stomach, which goes to the surface of the skin of the abdomen - percutaneous gastrostomy.
Liquid food can be poured directly into the stomach. An intervention is now common.
In the case of obese people, who do not want to have bariatric surgery, it's about doing the same thing, but the opposite. Instead of filling the stomach, it is emptied.
The procedure involves inserting a tube into the stomach, which goes to the surface of the skin, where it is connected to a button. Half an hour after each meal, you plug in a device (called AspireAssist) that sucks the contents of the stomach - by gravity.
About 30% of the contents of the stomach are thus evacuated before it is absorbed in the intestine. Result: a weight loss of plus or minus 30%. No changes are made to the stomach and the tube can be removed at any time.
The first intervention was done by Dr. Gagner on January 10 - in the private sector. Other interventions are planned in the coming weeks.
"After having treated more than 10,000 people, I can tell you that people are afraid of bariatric surgery or its consequences," says Dr. Michel Gagner, at the origin of the technique of parietal gastrectomy (sleeve gastrectomy), which consists of removing the extensible part of the stomach - currently preferred.
"The reality is that 99.5% of people who are good candidates for bariatric surgery do not dare to move forward."
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