Jimu news reporter Chen Lingyan
Correspondent Li Han
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Mr. Zhang, who weighs 220 pounds, although he is only 33 years old, has already suffered from severe fatty liver disease. The family is about to welcome a second baby, so he finally made up his mind to undergo bariatric surgery and shoulder the responsibility of protecting his family in a healthier state. In order to support him, his wife, who was 7 months pregnant, came to the hospital to accompany him for 5 days. Before being discharged from the hospital on January 17, the medical staff gave them newborn supplies as gifts, and were invited to give them the upcoming Erbao a nickname "Miao Miao", which means "successful weight loss, slim body".
Mr. Zhang's family is in Hanyang, and he has a lot of socializing at work, and his weight has soared all the way to 220 pounds in the past 5 years. During last year's physical examination, he was found to have severe fatty liver disease, and he began to be a little scared. Especially last year, his wife was pregnant with the second treasure, and he felt that health was extremely important to himself and his family, so he had the idea of doing bariatric surgery.
At the beginning of January this year, he went to the "Weight Loss Clinic" of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, and the examination confirmed that Mr. Zhang was 1.7 meters tall, weighed 220 pounds, and the BMI index exceeded 37, which met the basic indications of bariatric surgery. On January 12, Mr. Zhang was admitted to the hospital.
During the rounds, Li Zhen, deputy director of the Center for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, discovered that the family member who came to accompany Mr. Zhang turned out to be his wife who was 7 months pregnant. The wife took care of Mr. Zhang in the ward with a big belly and accompanied him for examination. When I asked, I learned that Mr. Zhang's eldest son is more than 2 years old and is temporarily taken care of by his grandparents in his hometown. Mr. Zhang originally wanted to be hospitalized alone, but his wife was not relieved, and she also supported his decision, so she insisted on accompanying him.
On January 15, Li Zhen used laparoscopic minimally invasive techniques to perform sleeve gastric resection surgery for Mr. Zhang, removing his large gastric bend, retaining the small curved side of the cuff, and reducing the volume of the stomach by more than half. He was discharged from the hospital on January 17, and it is expected that within one year, his weight can be reduced to about 130 pounds, and his severe fatty liver will also be significantly improved.
"I wish you success in weight loss as soon as possible, and I wish your baby a smooth arrival, health and wisdom!" On the morning of January 17, Li Zhen, Wu Liufang and other medical staff came to the ward with new clothes and new bottles specially prepared for the baby, and gave them to Mr. and Mrs. Zhang as a discharge gift. The couple invited Li Zhen to give a nickname to the baby in his belly, and Li Zhen thought about it a little and said: "Just call it 'Miao Miao', I hope that after the birth of the child, you can witness the father getting slimmer and slimmer." ”
"During the 5 days of hospitalization, the medical staff also provided us with a lot of care. I am also very happy to see my husband's successful surgery. Mr. Zhang's wife said that the first time she was pregnant as a nurse, she was nervous and nervous at first, but under the careful care of the nurses, everything went very smoothly and the mood became better and better.
Li Zhen said that for obese patients, not only can the weight be significantly reduced through gastric surgery, but also the underlying diseases caused by obesity such as fatty liver, diabetes and hypertension can also be effectively improved or even "cured without medicine". Obese patients over the age of 16, the BMI index exceeds 32.5, through dieting, exercise and other ways to achieve weight loss effect, the earlier the operation to lose weight, the better.