Bariatric Surgery
Obesity increases the risk of chronic health conditions. Many people are turning towards bariatric surgery to help improve or resolve obesity-related conditions. Unfortunately, these options are not available to Canadians in a timely manner.
Reasons why Canadians are choosing Health City Cayman Islands for Bariatric Surgery
- Short waiting periods and quick access to care
- Highly skilled and experienced medical team
- Excellent quality of care
- International accreditation by the Joint Commission
- Affordable out-of-country costs
- Direct flights from Canada
- Cayman Islands is a beautiful British Commonwealth Country voted the #1 Caribbean vacation destination by Trip Advisor in 2012, and the world’s friendliest place by Forbes
Health City Bariatric Surgery
The bariatric surgery team at Health City Cayman Islands is committed to helping patients overcome chronic obesity and the many serious health risks it poses.
Health City Cayman Islands follows the WHO Guidelines to determine who qualifies for surgery, including:
- BMI ≥ 40, or more than 100 pounds overweight.
- BMI ≥35 and at least one or more obesity-related co-morbidities such as type II diabetes (T2DM), hypertension, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart disease.
- Inability to achieve a healthy weight loss sustained for a period of time with prior weight loss efforts.
- Failure of all other physician-supervised weight loss treatment options.
Types of Bariatric Procedures
The most common bariatric surgery procedures are Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, mini-gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. At Health City Cayman Islands, the surgeons can perform these laparoscopically, which means making one or several very small incisions in the abdomen, rather than a major surgical incision. Utilizing minimally invasive surgical techniques leads to faster recovery and less risk of complications for patients.
Health City Cayman Islands also provides a non-surgical option known as the intra-gastric balloon procedure for patients with a BMI of 30 – 40. This procedure involves an inflatable medical device being temporarily placed into the patient’s stomach, for up to one year, to reduce weight. In general, intra-gastric balloons are placed endoscopically and the procedure has been performed under conscious sedation or general anesthesia with success. Balloon insertion and extraction are associated with relatively few operative complications. Long-term success requires lifelong compliance of dietary habits, nutritional guidelines, and exercise – working with a multidisciplinary bariatric team.
NEW procedure: OverStitch - gastric suture
This state-of-the-art procedure involves an incisionless, transoral, endoscopic approach and is performed with an endoscopic suturing device.
Gastric Suturing has multiple benefits:
- It can be offered as a day case procedure with very minimal downtime
- It is offered to patients with a lower BMI of between 30-40. Candidates with BMIs of over 40 are more suitable for a gastric sleeve or bypass
- Patients can follow a relatively normal dietary regime within 1 month
- Patients are still eligible even if they have multiple co-morbidities
- The age limit is 65 years
Testimonial
Health City Gastrointestinal Surgeons
Background
Dr Sunil K Mathai is a Senior Consultant in Health city Cayman Islands. He joined in 2020 and has more than 25 years of experience in interventional Gastroenterology which includes Endoscopic Colonoscopic and ERCP Procedures. He has been trained as an under graduate and post graduate in India and has done interventional training in Germany, UK and Hong Kong. He has more than 20 of experience in diagnostic and therapeutic Endosonography. He is trained in Third Space Endoscopy encompassing POEMS for Achalasia and EMR, ESD, STER for Submucosal Tumors.
- Senior consultant and Head of Department of Gastroenterology. Medical Trust Hospital Kochi for 20 years
- Consultant and Medical director, Department of Gastroenterology, Devamatha hospital Koothattukulam, Kerala for 7 years
- Diplomate of National Board Trainer in Gastroenterology, India for 12 years
- Organized 4 Endoscopic Workshops And 6 State Level Gastroenterology CME Meets
- National and International Faculty in conferences and Endoscopic Workshops
- 24 publications to date with contributions of chapters to 3 books.
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery – MBBS – Medical College – Trivandrum , Kerala – India
- Doctor of Medicine MD Internal Medicine – Medical College Calicut – Kerala India
- Doctor of Medicine DM – Gastroenterology. Medical College Calicut Kerala India
- Fellow Royal College of Physicians FRCP, London
- Therapeutic Endoscopy
- Therapeutic Endosonography
- Third Space Endoscopy
To learn more about our weight loss surgery options, call us toll-free on 1-888-990-9249 or email [email protected]
