Things to know about morbid obesity surgery


Excessive of fat in the body leads to a chronic condition called morbid obesity. It is important to seek refuge to surgical corrective for morbid obesity as it is uncontrollable otherwise. Being obese/being overweight is more manageable a condition and is different from morbid obesity as the former can be cured without surgery through medical intervention and management.

Who needs a morbid obesity surgery? If one’s BMI is more than 37.5 one is considered as morbidly obese. BMI-Body Mass Index of a person is the determinant of a person’s excessive weight. A person with a 32.7- 37.5 BMI is said to be suffering from severe obesity and is prone to problems like diabetes, heart stroke, high blood pressure etc. Another major indicator of morbid obesity is the failure of methods of weight loss and inability of performing daily activities properly due to weight.

What are the lifestyle changes that need to be followed with the morbid obesity surgery? Patients after the surgery need to intake small amounts of food and chew it properly. Dietary and nutritional counseling is very important along with the follow up after the surgery. Patients continue to loose weight even two years after the surgery. As a result of morbid obesity surgery, patients feel an enhanced self image, stamina and mood. 

If you think you need a morbid obesity surgery, do not hesitate and share your concern with Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. Comprehensive set-up alongwith expert team of surgeons, dieticians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, physicians, physiotherapist and psychologists await to provide optimum treatment and follow up to all those in need!

What is Morbid Obesity?


Morbid obesity is a chronic disease and may linger on for entire lifetime. It is caused due to excessive storage of fats in one’s body. Ratio of fats in one’s body is calculated through BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator.

Morbid obesity is not same as being obese or overweight. Overweight and obesity conditions are reversible through medical management and intervention while morbid obesity requires surgical cure. People who suffer from morbid obesity have a tendency to gain weight extremely easily and sustaining the weight is equally tough for them.

Morbid obesity leads to many physical, psychological, social and economic let downs for the sufferer. A person suffering from morbid obesity is very much prone to high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart stroke, gallstone disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer. People who are suffering from morbid obesity are socially ridiculed and are looked down upon by others which may lead to psychological problems like depression, low self worth and inferiority complex among them. Such psychological problems and discrimination at work place may lead to further socio-economic problems for the patients.

Just like other diseases, morbid obesity also needs to be treated.  Morbid obesity needs to be identified as a major cause of many physical and mental problems. Patients have to understand the need for surgical correctives incase of morbid obesity and the fact that the disease is incurable and uncontrollable on one’s own. Trust Max Institute of Minimal Access for the best of healthcare, holistic recovery and rehabilitation after the surgical curative procedures for morbid obesity.

Assisted Conception at Max


Motherhood is the most beautiful feeling they say. Max Health Care understands your concern and your wishes involving motherhood and parenthood. For those who are unable to conceive naturally,
Max Health Care offers options for assisted conception and reproductive medicines.

One of the common procedures pertaining to assisted conception is IVF- In-vitro fertilization. IVF is also referred to as test tube baby procedure and has been extremely popular ever since 1978 when the world’s first IVF baby took birth. Success rate of IVF is extremely high as there are 50,000 to 100,000 sperms used in a test-tube to assist in the conception and fertilization of the egg. In-vitro fertilization involves egg or ovum being fertilized outside the body and the fertilized embryo(s) being transplanted into uterus of the mother.

Another breakthrough and advanced procedure in the field of assisted conception and IVF, is Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), first used in the year 1992. ICSI is a revolutionary medicinal procedure that helps in overcoming sperm inability to fertilize ovum/egg. In case of ICSI, sperm is injected to the egg cytoplasm to facilitate egg fertilization.

Some of the steps followed in IVF and ICSI procedures include, hormonal injections for ovary stimulation to obtain eggs, follicular development being tracked with the help of sonology and blood tests, semen collection, retrieving of eggs from ovary follicles under some form of anaesthesia, laboratory fertilization of eggs, embryo transplant into the uterus of the mother.

Though, IVF and ICSI are safe and successful procedures. However, just like every medical procedure, IVF and ICSI also have certain rare risks involved with them, namely, multiple pregnancy, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, ectopic pregnancy, heavy bleeding, infection and sometimes anaesthesia risks.

Rely on Max Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Conception for a minimal trouble and expert clinical assistance. The distinguished and specialist doctors alongwith best of technology await at Max Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Conception to provide successful treatment and supreme aid to all the couples desiring to undergo assisted conception. Happy Parenthood!

Age Related Macular Degenration (ARMD)


Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) signifies degeneration of macula, the most sensitive part present in the retina of the eye. People are more susceptible to ARMD with progressing age. People over 50 years of age are more prone to ARMD.

ARMD affects one eye at a time and then gradually progresses. It is of two types- Dry ARMD and Wet ARMD. Dry ARMD is usually common and consequents to slow degeneration of the macula while Wet ARMD is not that common. Wet ARMD results in abnormal blood vessel formation which consequents haemorrhage underneath the macula of the eye.

An ophthalmologist can diagnose and detect ARMD during retina evaluation. ARMD results in gradual loss of vision at the centre of the eye but allows better vision from the corners and sides of the eyes. Thus, activities like reading and working closely on anything become difficult to be carried out without support of special low vision aids.

Dry ARMD does not cause blindness but causes deterioration in vision. The wet ARMD causes a fall in vision and may consequent to complete loss of vision. Damage to macula causes loss of vision. The exact reason of degeneration of the macula is unknown. Although some of the risk factors include age, genes, sex, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases.

Straight lines appearing to be distorted at the centre of the vision, white patch in the centre of the vision, change in perception are some of the symptoms of ARMD.  Since, ARMD affects slowly and progresses over time, the need for a routine eye check up becomes inevitable. Trust the experts when it comes to your eyes. Max Eye Care has a team of distinguished doctors who work towards providing the patients with supreme care and cures, dedicatedly.

We are a team that cares!



All you need to know about skin grafting


Skin grafting is an aesthetic corrective that involves a skin patch from a healthy site on the body being surgically removed from one area and being transplanted onto another area on the body.

Apart from aesthetic corrective, skin grafting is also recommended incase when someone has extensive wounds, injuries caused due to skin burning or extensive skin loss due to infection.

There are some basic checkpoints that one would have to undergo before settling down for skin grafting. First and foremost, patient’s family history is taken into account to understand the skin tendencies and allergies of the patient. Also, there may be a need to get a blood test as per the instructions of the surgeon. As a part of the preparation for skin grafting, the wound site becomes an important area to determine if the procedure would be successful or not. The patient may, as a part of the preparation, be prescribed antibiotics to be taken prior to the procedure.

The donor area or site of the body is usually a protected and an area hidden by clothes, like inner thigh area and buttock area. The donor site selection is dependent upon the visibility and colour match of the skin and the site.

The graft or patch of skin is spread on the recipient area and is held there gently with the help of a padded dressing or by small stitches. The donor area becomes raw and thus is protected and covered through a sterile dressing to avoid infection one to two weeks.
Skin grafts have to be protected and supported using a crepe bandage or a stocking and have to be lubricated with mineral oil to avoid contracture and cracks.

There are several complications that may arise if skin grafting is not performed with the expertise that’s required. In order to avoid such complications and problems, trust none other than Max Institute of Aesthetic & ReconstructiveSurgery. Max uses advanced technologies to offer detailed evaluation and personalised treatment to suit the needs of the patients.

Stay informed and choose intelligently!


Mirror Mirror on the Wall who is the Slimmest of them all??


We want to have the cake and eat it too; I mean to say we want to gorge on food and stay slim too now that’s not possible. We have so many options of having our food and there is food available in every corner, so it is quite obvious that we can’t resist ourselves.  There are a lot of people who need to lose weight and who are conscious about their weight and how they look.
The issue of weight loss is a growing concern among many people and even teenagers can’t stay far behind. You can see one in five in today’s time suffering from the problem of obesity and for that itself there are bariatric surgeries that are increasing in number by the day and it has become highly common in today’s time too.
 Weight loss surgeries and bariatric surgeries have become the norm of the day now, the fast and easy method to reduce weight in no time. In this your stomach will be reduced in size and the food bypasses the small intestine and makes you full sooner. Typically, a gastric bypass patient can only eat a fraction of the food he could prior to the surgery, and overall calorie consumption is greatly reduced.
In bariatricsurgery a small silicone band commonly known as the lap band is secured around the top portion of the stomach. The band forms the pouch at the top of the stomach, like with gastric bypass surgery the gastric banding creates a situation where the patient can only eat a small amount of food. 
So after getting this surgery done you surely can stand in front of the mirror and ask mirror mirror on the wall who is the slimmest of them all and you will get the answer which you have been waiting to hear so eagerly. 

Health is Wealth so Treasure it for Life


Life is all about balancing yourself and how well you balance your health depends entirely upon you. Health is the most important thing in one’s life but sadly people do not take care of it as required. You must know that if you do not have health you don’t have anything and if you have health you have everything. We work so hard so that we can have a better standard of living but if that does not match with our health and we are not healthy then how will we enjoy our wealth and most importantly our life.
The stress levels are so high these days that people as young as 30 yrs old are having heart attacks and heart related problems. I can share a personal experience of mine that my father led a very free lifestyle until one day he was struck with some blockages in his heart due to his smoking habits. That day he quit smoking, but the question that arises is that why do we wait for something this dangerous to happen and then take our steps back? Why can’t we lead a healthy lifestyle beforehand so that we don’t give any stress to our body, ourselves and to our family.
A heart attack is a very serious thing and should not be taken lightly, it occurs in the form of a heart blockage or in the arteries around the heart, which results to a restricted flow of blood to the heart. When a heart attack occurs the heart surgery should begin within an hour. Heart attacks are the number one reason for the number of deaths in the world. So heart surgery should be done as soon as possible to revert back any kind of dangers.
Due to the stress level and other tensions in life or for being cool in a group of friends whatever the reason might be but youngsters of today are focusing more on drugs and other forms of substance abuse. They do not realize that they are wreaking havoc in their life’s and to their health too.
Due to this problem the whole process of intervention came into scene, many of us won’t even know what exactly an intervention is as it is a lesser heard term. An intervention is the facilitation of a well intentioned confrontation between groups of people who have a confrontation to the addict. The entire process is organized, arranged and managed by an interventionist who ensures that with their motivation levels they can prove to be of some help to those people. Take care of your health as that is the only investments that you can have for your life. 

Troublesome Joints can Wreak Havoc in your Life


To get troublesome joints either you have to be a sports freak or you have to be slightly on the ageing side. It can happen to those too who are injury or accident prone, whatever may be the reason, and you know that you need to go to the doctor. But you are not sure which one, as there are different specialists in the field and you don’t know which one would be apt for you.
A few years back while I was in college I used to love playing basketball and every morning I would be on the court to give a few dodges and goals. Actually we had a match coming up with our rival college and I was practicing hard to give them a hard time. So my team was practicing by playing some matches and here I was trying to give a goal to my team and as soon as I jumped for doing the basket here I was on the floor with my sprained ankle.
I knew I was going to be in a big mess and this was my chance to prove myself but I just couldn’t move my legs and what with the match coming up next week.  So we rushed to an orthopedics center and told the orthopedic that is there any way that I can be part of this match and play as soon as possible. I was prepared to hear a no for an answer from him but luck favored me or has technology advanced so much that the doctor told me that in a week you would be giving tough competition to your rivals.
Technological advancements and medical research has made orthopedics departments the most favored place to visit, when you injure yourself while playing any kind of sports or you need to get the joint replacement surgery due to some accident. As we age our joints tend to get weak and it may require total jointreplacement surgery to cure ourselves completely. But with advancement in technology and various specialized techniques the recovery time has reduced drastically.
So now you can figure out that in a week’s time with the right usage of technology and proper care who scored the maximum goals and who won the match.

Beautiful Eyes and Healthy Teeth are your Gateway to a Better Self


What is the first thing that you notice when you meet a person for the first time, their eyes and their smile right? If you do not make the right impression in the first place then you would make an impression on people that may be unsightly. So it is important that we take care of ourselves or suffer some things that I personally suffer at times.
Most of the times when I get up in the morning I get those puffy eyes, and it seems as if I have cried the whole night and people always ask me is there some problem with you? Thanks to my unmanageable pair of eyes I have to make all sorts of excuses in front of them.
I have a friend of mine who faces a same situation but for a different part of her body i.e. with her teeth and she is so conscious about her teeth, as there are some patches and spaces in between that she hardly smiles showing her teeth. We all compromise on things and take all the stress on ourselves but we never think about taking those corrective steps.
 By taking a few steps we all will get closer to make ourselves more confident and present ourselves in a better way to the world. To make our eyes beautiful and most importantly healthy, the first and the most important thing is to get a good night’s sleep. As we need to take proper eye care measure to have those beautiful eyes. Your eyes would start giving you signs and you will know how much eye care you need, as due to fatigue there would be redness in eyes, bags and dark shadows.
 To make those puffy eyes look good we should always take time out to rest our eyes for ten minutes every day. For our eye care we can do some small things like before sleeping we should remove all makeup from our eyes as it is not healthy to sleep with make up on your face. Make sure while reading at night you have adequate amount of light so that you need not strain your eyes.
Now let’s talk about some tips that we can follow to give that beautiful smile to the world and after reading this may be my friend too would smile open heartedly after following these steps. Whether we have healthy teeth or not we need to make sure that we go for regular dental care check- ups to our dentist.  But there are some steps that we can all take for our personal dental care as routine like brushing our teeth twice and flossing it on a routine basis. As a regular dental check up consumes less time and it does not even cost much. 
So by adopting this routine into our lives we can surely prove to the world that we are no less and we can proudly flaunt what we have. 

Cosmetic Surgeries a world beyond the Looks


People love to look beautiful and who doesn’t want to look beautiful, have you seen the number of actresses that have gone through a number of cosmetic surgeries and aesthetic surgeries to look beautiful and after having gone through all these they have managed to look this beautiful and storm the nation with their drop dead gorgeous looks. So with the use of technology and science anyone can look good and correct their looks.  
People are undergoing these kinds of cosmetic surgeries and aesthetic surgeries on an everyday basis and due to this there has been a significant drop in the prices too. The treatment too is available in every corner of the world and the plastic surgeries have become even better than before, as the recovery time has reduced.
It is very important that before going on such treatments you need to have a fair amount of knowledge about these medical procedures. There are a lot of things that needs to be considered before going in for a surgical treatment. When you look for a plastic surgery, the first thing is to find a good surgeon, then the cost and whether the surgeon is certified?

Since centuries we have been devising various methods to transform our physical appearances as no one is satisfied with the way one looks. Everyone can easily find some or the other flaw in them but there is one more existing myth that people consider that all beauty enhancement surgeries are done to improve one’s looks but that is not just the case, there are many other health benefits too attached with these surgeries that will help your body to function in a better way.  So next time if you have a problem, a certain way your nose is shaped or to remove wrinkles you know where to head.

Increasing Confidence with Tummy Tuck


The consumerism driven generation of today that considers size zero as an ideal body size raises doubts and reduces confidence in one’s body if it is not in line with the set societal norms. Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is a cosmetic procedure that changes the shape of your abdomen; however it is not a procedure to lose weight. A tummy tuck removes excess fat localized in the body and the excess skin is also removed. This procedure is different from liposuction, in which there is excess fat to be removed but not excess skin.
This operation is performed under the affect of anesthesia. During the tummy tuck operation, there are two cuts made — one horizontal, running across the stomach above the pubic area and one around the navel. After freeing the skin from navel area, the vertical muscles of the abdomen, also called rectus muscles are pulled, stretched and repositioned. This tightening and repositioning of the muscles reduces waistline. After this is done, the excess skin is removed and the remaining is wrapped back over the muscles and stitched into place. Although, the size of abdomen is reduced, one should note that these procedures are not a substitute for a regular workout of healthy diet.
The after effects of operation can be swollen abdomen and some general discomforts, like not being able to walk straight, but these effects wear off after some days of hospitalization and medication. However, there will be an inverted T-shaped scar on the abdomen which will become lighter with time.
People should not go for such procedure unless the size of their body is hampering with daily activities of life. A good doctor must be consulted before going under the knife!

Fighting cancer is possible now


A decade back, cancer was a dreaded disease and people took it as a synonym for death. But with the advancements in the field of medicine, the cure for cancer has been possible. Cancer usually starts with a tumor or a lump in one part of the body (benign tumor), in which uncontrolled and unspecialized growth of mitotic cells may occur at a later stage. If the tumor starts spreading out, it is called metastasis and the stage of cancer is called malignant cancer.
Cancers are named after the type of mitotic cells they originate from. For eg. The cancer of epithelial cells (covering of various glands) is called carcinoma, cancer of connective tissue (bone, cartilage, nerve) is referred to as sarcoma and cancer of bone marrow is called leukemia or lymphoma. Signs of cancer are evident but they can be ambiguous also. So one should check out for unusual lumps in the body, signs of ulceration, wounds not healing quickly, excessive sweat during night, weight loss and anemia. Although these signs are non-specific, people should not ignore them. A histological examination is carried out to confirm the occurrence of cancer.
Present day cure of cancer involves radiosurgery, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Stereotactic radio surgery and Radiation Therapy (SRS, SRT) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) among others. Max Cancer Centre is equipped with these technologies and we can assure you a personalized and healthy healing- right from cancer screening, to its early detection and to multi-disciplinary treatment. So now there is no need to be fearful about this diseas. Approach the right doctor and start with the healting process. The earlier you realize your condition, the faster the action and the quicker the healing process!

Get Smart with an Aesthetic Surgery


In today’s world, presentation really matters. Good presentation and appearance is a question of great importance. Aesthetic surgery has come as a brilliant solution for people wanting to improve their appearances. There are different people suffering from different problems related to their appearances.
Let’s discuss some of the popular facial aesthetic procedures that people commonly choose to undergo.
·         Blepharoplasty is a surgical process that is performed on the eyelids. Blepharoplasty helps fat removal from the eyelids which make the area around eyes look youthful. Repositioning and tightening of lower eyelid muscles helps in making the eyes look fresh and non-jaded.
·         Forehead or brow lift is a surgical process that repositions the eyebrows, gives smoothened furrows, restoration of youthful appearance.
·         Face lift is another major aesthetic corrective that is popular among people. Face lift gives a new life to the face itself by tightening the facial muscles and tissues. Face lift technique helps in facial fat reduction and reduction of excessive sagging skin around the face, jaws and neck.
·         Rhytidectomy includes chin, cheek and jaw implant which help in enhancing facial contours.
·         Botox is another aesthetic corrective which improves frown lines, wrinkles, forehead furrowing etc.
It is noteworthy that aesthetic surgery does not only provide solution for aesthetic issues but it also provides functional correction, for instance, eyelid lift improves vision, tummy tuck helps while exercising, nose reshaping eases breathing and breast reduction helps relieving back pain. Apart from these benefits, aesthetic surgery serves a major purpose of boosting the patient’s self-esteem and confidence.
Max Institute of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery provides flawless aesthetic and cosmetic treatment to the patients with the most advanced technologies and most efficient surgeons. Max’s indepth evaluation and precise diagnosis really benefits patients and provides them with safe and secure treatment that’s well worth their trust and offers long-term benefits.

Max Clubfoot Programme


Health issues and body malfunctions in children are very hard to diagnose. The reason behind this is simple, which is the fact that children are unable to express discomfort and judge trouble that they might experience as well as adults do. The smaller the child, the more the attention required towards him/her. The treatment in children also depends upon the kind of disease that the child has. Some physical malfunctions and deformities in children are by birth while some are acquired after birth.
Clubfoot is one such problem by birththat is found among children. Affected child is born with a clubfoot. Clubfoot is also called Congenital TalipesEquinoVarus and is said to be occurring in one among every 1000 children. In case of clubfoot, the foot of the child is visibly affected, the heel being drawn upwards while sole is inwardly turned.
Clubfoot is more common among boys than girls and the cause behind the disease is not so much known. The treatment of a clubfoot has series of stages. The first stage involves initial plaster casts. The second stage involves a 23 hours a day bracing for the 3 months from the birth of the child.  Maintenance is the third stage in which bracing is done during nap time of the child till the age of 3-4 years.
Max Healthcare has a supportive clubfoot programme to ease the pain of parents of the children with a clubfoot. Max clubfoot programme involves- antenatal counselling of parents, precise diagnosis from Paediatric Orthopaedic surgeon, supply of indepth information about clubfoot and past records of the child. Max understands the gravity of the concern of the parents and therefore has a proper contact/helpline for daytimeaccess for parents to help cope with the problems that arise as they take care of their child during the treatment stages. Take care!

Surgery To Strengthen Knee Surgery


Revision knee surgery or revision knee replacement is performed when an artificial prosthetic that was put in place of an original bone to relieve the pain wears out over a period of time. Yes, even the prosthetics that replace a bone for natural movement in the body are subject to wear and tear. Made of sterile materials, these prosthetics have a life span of about 10-12 years. However, it may vary under individual circumstances. Revision knee surgery is one of the most common revision surgeries performed world over because our knees bear and redistribute most of the body weight. Every agile activity of life includes movement of knees; hence their rate of wearing out is faster than any other joint or prosthetic.
The reconstruction surgery of this joint involves replacing the damaged bone with metal and plastic components shaped like knees to restore the normal hinge motion. The old metal prosthetics are removed and the damaged bone at the end of the fermur is reshaped. If the bone is weak then the surgeon uses bone grafts to strengthen it. Grafts can be of two types- autograft or an allograft. In former, the bone tissue is taken from a particular site of the patient’s own body, whereas in the latter, it comes from a donor. A revision or replacement joint surgery is trickier because it requires the expertise of correcting an already performed surgery. So choose your doctor wisely before you go for treatment. Max Healthcare has a dedicated team of doctors who impart extra care to all the patients. The doctors here have impeccable success record and are specialized in the field of orthopedics. 

No Teething Troubles Here


Flashing a smile should be as easy as saying cheese. Shouldn’t it be? Afterall, smile is one of the most attractive things about an individual’s personality that others take notice of. Clean, straight white and shiny teeth can light up anyone’s heart! Just like you can get beautiful hair by rebonding these days or acne free face by laser treatment, cosmetic dentistry can give you a perfect smile.

One of the major aspects of dentistry in India is orthodontics. This includes treatments such as implanting braces made up of metal or ceramic on the teeth or on the palatal site of the mouth ie on the underside of the teeth, correction of crowded teeth and bleaching among others. Although braces can be put in several ways, a good dentist will propose the use of braces with self ligating brackets rather than the old conventional braces. The former do not have elastic bands or ligatures and look more aesthetic. Also, self ligating brackets employ a slide mechanism to hold the archwire in place, thereby reducing the pressure wielded on teeth. Or if you don’t want to go for braces at all then you can go for invisalign which is basically a series of transparent and removable teeth aligners.

Among common toothsurgeries, root canal treatment is widely performed. It is done to alleviate pain in the oral cavity due to the infections of the pulp of the tooth. The dentist drills to the infected pulp, removes it, then drills further into the nerves and takes them out too and lastly fills the cavity with an inert material. All the canals under a tooth have to be cleaned in order to make this procedure successful. So, if you are looking for a good dentist Max Healthcare is where your search would end. 
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