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Kuwaiti surgeon performs a rare gastric band operation |
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Friday, 10 September 2010 02:00 |
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KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti surgeon last week successfully conducted a rare form of gastric band operation on a patient weighing approximately 300 kilograms (661 pounds or 47 stone).
Dr Walid Al-Bastaki, a general surgeon and laparoscopic consultant at Al-Amiri Hospital said yesterday that the type of gastric band operation he performed on the 39-year-old patient was very rare due to the patient's weight.
The patient, who left hospital only six days after the operation, was suffering from morbid obesity which endangered his life, causing him difficulties in moving, breathing and sleeping for the past few years, the surgeon explained. The two-hour operation was very successful, said Dr Al-Bastaki, adding that it would enable the patient to lose weight gradually. He further revealed that such operations can enable patients to lose between 12 and 15 kilograms in the first week after the operation alone. - Kuwait Times
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