A Canadian citizen, Mrs. Yasmin Amlani, (Kindly Change the name)39 years lady was admitted under Department of Bariatric Surgery at Fortis Hospital, Noida on 9th Sep’ 07. She had a body weight of 129 Kg with height of 5 feet. The BMI of the patient was 54 Kg/m2, which falls into the category of Super Obese. She had borderline diabetes mellitus and depression because of obesity.
Team of specialist Doctors from Department of General, Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery including Dr. Yogesh Agarwal, Dr. Sudhir Sharma, & Dr. Manoj Dokania, Dr. Manoj Gupta & team has performed the surgery. Patient underwent Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding on 10th Sep’ 07. Gastric band is Silicon made balloon device with its inflating port connected via long tube. Gastric band was laparoscopically placed in the upper part of the stomach to decrease the storing capacity of stomach (5 tiny holes made in the abdomen for surgery). Patient was allowed liquids to drink, 6 hours after surgery. The immediate and early postoperative period was uneventful. She was discharged next day after surgery. She stayed in the hospital for three days. And walked out of the hospital comfortably. She came for the first follow up, the initial result showed 7 Kg weight loss, 7 days after surgery.
