Dr. Gonzalez describes if a woman will still experience hunger after she has a sleeve gastrectomy.
Dr. Gonzalez:
The sleeve gastrectomy and hunger is quite interesting because the sleeve gastrectomy works, in one of its mechanisms, by removing a hormone named ghrelin, which is produced in that portion of the stomach, which is removed and sent to the pathologist. So, initially we know that the hunger is eliminated because that hormone is eliminated, but with time, we notice that patients re-develop hunger. Patients do become hungry again. So, hunger is a little bit more complex than just that hormone in that portion of the stomach.
About Dr. Gonzalez, M.D.:
Anthony Gonzalez, M.D., is a general and bariatric surgeon at the Baptist Hospital of Miami and South Miami Hospital. He has been practicing medicine for more than 10 years and focuses his interest on bariatric surgery and laparoscopic surgery.
Visit Dr. Gonzalez at Baptist Health South Florida