Essays on Gastrectomy

Questions/Diabetes

Q # 1: What is the most commonly used restrictive bariatric procedure worldwide? The restrictive procedures used for bariatric surgeries are of adjustable gastric banding (AGB) and vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG). AGB is said to be the commonest restrictive procedure in the world. In AGB, at the fundus of stomach, an inflatable band made up of silicone is attached. The gastrointestine remains intact from anatomical point of view. Gastric emptying also remains unchanged. In 2009, 40% of bariatric procedures are done by AGB in USA. But now, AGB is replaced by VSG. It is said to be the more ...

The importance of effective management of pain in the post-operative patient cannot be overemphasized. Its inadequate management can have profound adverse effects on patients such as sleep disturbances, mobilization difficulties, aggression, high levels of anxiety, and increased distress and suffering (Carr et al., 2005). Post-operative pain can also have unwanted physiological effects on patients and cause complications such as nausea, vomiting, paralytic ileus, and increases in blood pressure (Mackintosh, 2007). This paper will critic the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions that were used in the management of post-operative pain (rated at 6/10 on the numeric scale) in a patient who is ...

Abstract:

Diabetes is a significant problem in health care. The problem is growing significantly as worldwide populations are getting older and more obese due to a variety of reasons. The paper reviews current pathophysiological and treatment literature regarding the treatment of diabetes. It focuses primarily on gut hormones and the physiological effects they produce in the disease as well as on surgical methods of diabetes resolution that has varied pathophysiological bases. Novel ways of treatments do not always have fully elucidated rationales for how they work, as bariatric surgeries may have multiple effects on the pathophysiology of the disease and this must ...

Definition and history of stomach cancer

Stomach cancer also called gastric cancer is a disease that is characterized by the uninhibited proliferation of abnormal cells in the tissues lining the stomach. These cells are abnormal in the sense that genetic mutations render them autonomous hence they are not under the control of growth regulating signals. Gastric cancer used to be the second most prevalent cancer but sharp declines have been seen in its rate in the developed countries especially over the second half of the last century, for instance it is the fourteenth most common malignancy in the United States. However, the same cannot be said ...