Al-Marsad Newspaper: The director of the Obesity Surgery Center in King Saud Medical City, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Anzi, said there are serious complications of sleeve gastrectomy if not done right, pointing out that weight loss needles are safe and have an effective role in weight loss.
He added in an interview with the “Al-Ikhbariya” channel: Overall, weight loss operations are safe and death is less than 1%, continuing: “We have received deaths from outside the Kingdom and deaths from private hospitals. In King Saud Medical City, and the patient arrived in the emergency room and died there from leaks and serious complications, and had cardiac arrest after surgery.
He continued: “I recommend the operation to everyone, but it is performed safely and appropriately, and in the past we have used a balloon to prepare the patient and the operation is not performed for 6 months. During this time, a nutritional and sports program for the patient and the slimming needle has an effective role in weight loss “.
Video | Director of the Bariatric Surgery Center in King Saud Medical City, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Anzi:
Gastric sleeve operations are dangerous for those suffering from chest problems … and we have received deaths at the Medical City from complications of the operation# program_120#news pic.twitter.com/rZU5hKq5eZ
– News channel (@alekhbariyatv) November 5, 2022
