Bariatric surgery, or stomach surgery, is not an aesthetic intervention, it concerns the health and well-being of patients who are seeking this option. According to Dr. Victor Hugo, an endocrinologist, the disease may be badociated with certain diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, among others. It can not be badociated with people who are morbidly obese.
According to the Department of Public Health, Paraná performs 27% of bariatric surgeries performed in Brazil by SUS, that is, it is the state that has the best result in this type of surgery. In Brazil, about 100,000 surgical operations are performed, 10% were performed via the public network, according to a study of the Brazilian Society of Bariatric Surgery. Obesity is the most expensive disease in the world, followed only by smoking and the consequences of wars and terrorism.
This is the case of Isabelly Pereira, athlete of the New Basketball team Ponta Grossa, who chose to practice bariatric surgery, do not regret it. Isabelly weighed 150 pounds and had seen for a while without being able to do simple activities like going to the movies, because she was not standing on the chairs, playing basketball because her knees were hurting her, and not even going in a restaurant with plastic chairs. . "The last drop of water was when I was at the beach and we did not find any room with chairs that could not break with my weight." Besides the problem with the mirror, my health was already very weak, "he says. Isabelly has been operating in Santa Casa de Ponta Grossa, one of the only hospitals that attend this type of procedure in the city and the state.
Vitor Hugo indicates surgery for those who have no alternatives to change weight, as was the case when she arrived at the doctor. "Before, you have to change your life, have a re-education of food, adopt healthy habits and exercise regularly. Some medications are also offered to patients who want to perform the procedure."
But according to the edocinologist, the postoperative is not easy. This requires nutritional and psychological monitoring. "In addition to not consuming solid food, only liquids, for more than 30 days, there is anxiety on the part of the patient who wants the result to be quick, but not quite." In the case of Isabelly, it took two years before she was healthy enough to lose 61 pounds. "I'm happy, the surgery was a kind of rebirth, it's been used to motivate me and do what I've always liked," proudly recounts the patient who comes back to play for the team from the city.
The procedure by the SUS
In Ponta grossa, there are more than 100 patients waiting for bariatric surgery by the SUS, according to PR's health secretary.
To apply for bariatric surgery as part of the state program, the patient must consult a physician to have the need for surgery badessed. If the operation is indicated, the primary care physician should insert the patient into the state's regulatory center, which is referred to the bariatric surgery program. The rules of the queue are stipulated by the Ministry of Health and the Secretary of State for Health