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Gastric Sleeve Surgery In Ireland

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Meet Your Gastric Sleeve Surgeon

Our board-certified bariatric surgeon, Dr John Loy, specialises in gastric sleeve surgery in Ireland. He combines decades of experience to deliver safe, long-lasting weight loss results.

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Gastric Sleeve Surgery Explained by Dr Loy

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Gastric Sleeve Surgery At A Glance

Price

From €311*/month

Weight Loss

60-70%

Surgery Duration

1 to 2 Hours

Anaesthesia

General

Hospital Stay

1 night

Avg.Recovery

2 Weeks

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Full insurance provided to protect you from complications.

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The Benefits Of Gastric Sleeve Surgery

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Excellent initial weight loss
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Decreases Heart Attack Risk
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Lowers Risk Of Fatty Liver Disease
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Improves Type 2 Diabetes
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Reduces Back And Joint Pain
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Improves Asthma

Susan's Before & After

I tried pretty much every diet you can think of I've tried: motivation, Weight Watchers, Slimming World, all of them.

Happy, but wish I’d done it sooner. That’s my only regret, is that I didn’t think of doing it sooner, instead of struggling for 41 years with my weight.

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Gastric Sleeve Surgery Cost In Ireland

The Gastric Sleeve surgery price at Auralia starts from €10,900 with the possibility of monthly payments up to 36 months.

Get your health back for just €302*/month

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Auralia's Holistic Care

We are a CHKS and ISO Approved Private Hospital in Ireland

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Quick Procedure Booking

With Auralia Private Hospital, you don't have to wait months to get your gastric sleeve done.

Ongoing Care & Support

Auralia will always be there for you after your weight loss procedure, whether with free additional appointments if needed or with expert advice.

Following your visit to Auralia, you will be given pre- and post-operative instruction to guide you on how to be well prepared for your gastric sleeve and what to do afterwards. This will also contain the clinic's contact details.

You will also be given your Auralia surgeon’s emergency mobile number for calls after hours. During work hours, you should contact the hospital.

If you suspect anything is wrong outside of business hours, you are welcome to call the emergency number of your surgeon and speak with them directly, day or night.

Alternatively, you can drop straight into the clinic during working hours.

Absolutely not! You are entitled to as many appointments as you feel you need with your surgeon, following your gastric sleeve.

Absolutely! From the time you have your gastric sleeve with your Auralia surgeon, you are entitled to see them for appointments for as long as necessary.

If the surgeon no longer works for Auralia, you would still be entitled to see one of our surgeons for free.

How Does The Gastric Sleeve Surgery Work?

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VOLUME REDUCTION

The volume of the stomach is reduced and becomes resistant to stretching. What this means is that you feel fuller after eating smaller amounts of food.

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HORMONAL REGULATION

Ghrelin, the hormone responsible for stimulating appetite, is usually produced in the fundus of the stomach which is removed during surgery. This causes ghrelin levels to fall which means you end up with more loss for appetite.

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APPETITE PREFERENCE ADJUSTMENT

The sleeve helps change your preferences for food. It reduces the need for sweet and fatty foods and reduces the want for alcoholic drinks

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UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE

23 years of experience and over 30,356 procedure performed.

AFTERCARE FROM YOUR HOME

We offer aftercare 24/7, from the comfort of your own home via the Auralia Aftercare App.

PERSONALIZED PLAN

We pay fantastic personal attention to details in order to craft your tailored gastric sleeve plan.

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Katrina's Before & After

I have struggled with my weight my entire life, and it had completely spiralled out of control, peaking at 26st 7lbs.

1 year later and almost 12st less, I can safely say that having this surgery almost certainly saved my life. I had high BP and was pre-diabetic, both of which has been comfortably reversed without medication.

I will be forever grateful to my team at Auralia for giving me back the control over my life that I had lost, and I can’t recommend them enough.

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Gastric Sleeve Surgery FAQs

Weight loss after a sleeve is achieved in two ways.

  1. The volume of the stomach is dramatically reduced and more resistant to stretching. This means you feel full, with remarkably small amounts of food.
  2. The second mechanism of weight loss occurs through changes in a hormone called ghrelin. Ghrelin is normally produced in the fundus of the stomach (the large part removed during surgery) so that after surgery, levels of ghrelin fall dramatically. Given that ghrelin is a strong appetite stimulant, this means there is a marked loss of appetite – so you have no desire to eat. It’s likely that other appetite hormones are involved, which help to make you feel satisfied with much smaller volumes of food.

Another result of these hormonal changes is that diabetic control can start to improve even before you lose weight.

Aside from the two main mechanisms Another feature of the sleeve is that patients report changes in food preferences, with a reduced interest in sweets, high fat foods and alcoholic drinks, though whether these changes are sustained in the longer-term is not clear.

Short term weight loss

A patient’s weight loss is largely dependent on how much effort they put into the nutritional and exercise program.

Generally, the more you interact with the program, the more successful you will be. However, Auralia has never had a patient who simply hasn’t lost weight on our gastric sleeve program.

Whilst every person is different, we would expect our gastric sleeve patients to lose around 6-7 stone within the first 12 months. However, many of our patients have lost as much as 11 stone within this time. This is largely dependent on how compliant the patient is with the after-care program.

The gastric sleeve offers a dramatic weight loss relatively easily but unlike the gastric band, the long term weight loss isn’t as favoured.

Long term weight loss

The gastric sleeve gives you a dramatic weight loss early but the long term results show that the patients actually regain weight over time. This weight regain occurs due to a combination of stretching the gastric remnant (what’s left of the stomach after the surgery), poor dietary habits, and the return of appetite thanks to an increase in ghrelin levels.

Gastric Sleeve cost depend on various factors like your current weight and targeted weight.

At Auralia we can help you spread the cost of the surgery up to 36 monthly payments.

Please contact us to get your procedure price!

The three main risks to having a gastric sleeve fitted are:

Bleeding: This is the most common complication to occur. A blood transfusion
may be required with a re-operation, but it can be managed without further
surgery.
Leakage: This is the most dangerous complication to occur and it happens when
the contents of the stomach leak through the long-staple line. It can occur in the
first couple of days after the surgery. It is difficult to manage and may require the
patient to stay in the hospital longer.
Reflux: If you have a history of heartburn (reflux) then you won’t be able to opt for
the gastric sleeve. This is because your reflux will become worse after the
operation and you will be less likely to receive successful weight loss. Chronic
reflux can be a really serious problem in the lower gullet (oesophagus) which is
why this risk should not be taken lightly.

To qualify for a gastric sleeve, you must:
● Be between the ages of 25-50
● Have a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or higher
● Have no history of reflux/heartburn
● Have no history of previous weight loss procedures
● Be completely aware of the risks and benefits of the gastric sleeve

Advantages
● Excellent initial weight loss
● Does not require frequent clinic attendance for adjustments
● Reduces hunger hormones (unlike the gastric band)
● Preservation of normal passage of food through the stomach (unlike
gastric bypass)

Disadvantages
● Supplementation to avoid nutritional deficiencies
● Increased risk of reflux post-surgery
● Need for long-term vitamin and mineral
● Risk of leak and bleeding – sleeve is the riskiest procedure
● The tendency to weight regain in longer-term

There is no doubt that the sleeve can be an excellent choice for some patients and it has obvious advantages compared with the other surgical options. However, the risks are not trivial and there is a tendency to regain weight over time.

If you would like to consider a sleeve, the key thing to remember is that you must stick to the nutritional and physical activity guidelines with which you will be provided.

The mistake made my many sleeve patients is that they think it’s an easy option because it really takes away the appetite and so doesn’t seem to need the same commitment to lifestyle change. This is completely wrong. The reduction of appetite due to changes in ghrelin may not be permanent and if you start eating large quantities again, you may stretch the remaining portion of your stomach. If this happens weight re-gain is inevitable.

REMEMBER: For long-term success the sleeve requires the same commitment to permanent lifestyle change as any other surgical weight loss procedure.

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Dr John Loy

Bariatric Surgeon and Head of the Bariatrics Unit

Mr John Loy is a Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon in Auralia, Ireland where he is lead bariatric surgeon and head of the bariatric unit. After medical school in Belfast, Mr Loy went on to complete higher surgical training in the UK, specialising in Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. He has extensive training at Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship level in both weight loss surgery and advanced keyhole surgery. With over 10 years experience at Consultant level and as one of the highest volume UK weight loss surgeons, John is delighted to bring his vast experience in metabolic and weight loss surgery from Harley Street London to Dublin. He has performed over 2000 bariatric procedures including gastric sleeve, bypass and complex revisional surgery for those with bariatric complications from surgery performed abroad. He is an accredited surgical trainer, having been appointed Royal College of Surgeons College Tutor for his London hospital and higher surgical trainer for the London Deanery. Mr Loy has a special research interest in obesity related fatty liver disease and collaborates on this with the renowned Blizard Institute in London. This work lead to his recent appointment as Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery at Queen Mary University, London. He has authored book chapters and research articles on weight loss surgery and continues to teach and lecture at national and international conferences. Mr Loy spent a year working in the world-renowned NYU Langone Medical Centre in New York with Professors George Fielding and Professor Christine Ren Fielding. Some of the best practices he learned in New York have carried through to his work both in the UK and here in Ireland. Most importantly, John prides himself on his personal approach to each patient, tailoring surgical and non surgical options to suit the individual who seeks his help.

Procedures and Specialisms

Gastric Band
Gastric Sleeve
Gastric Bypass
Gastric Balloon
Revisional Weight Loss Surgery


Qualifications

Completed medical school and basic surgical training in Belfast in 2002
Higher surgical training in Severn Deanery UK, specialising in upper GI and bariatric surgery. FRCS(GenSurg) 2012. Accredited to UK and Irish Specialist Medical Registers.
Expert laparoscopic bariatric training in Bristol, Gloucester, Truro and Taunton as a specialist registrar. Over 2000 independent procedures completed as lead surgeon.
Consolidated training through a Royal College of Surgeons fellowship in the Southwest Bariatric Surgery Centre of Excellence in Taunton
One year research fellowship in New York with Professors George and Christine Ren Fielding at the internationally renowned NYU Langone Bariatric Surgery Unit – one of the busiest bariatric units in the world
10 years NHS UK experience as a Consultant Bariatric Surgeon.


Irish Medical Council IMC Number: 419687