INTRODUCTION TO BARIATRIC SURGERY
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Obesity and Its Impact on Health
Obesity can increase your risk for many serious health issues. These include problems with your heart, lungs, blood vessels, brain, and joints.
Deciding on Bariatric Surgery
For the surgery to work, you must change your diet and lifestyle. In most cases, the surgery is not reversible. So if you’re considering surgery, learn all you can about it before you decide.
Bariatric Surgery: Your Surgical Experience
Before surgery, tests will be done to check your health. You will be watched and kept as comfortable as possible throughout surgery and recovery. After surgery, you may stay in the hospital for one or several days.
Bariatric Surgery: Possible Risks and Complications
Deciding on bariatric surgery can be difficult. This is major surgery. If you qualify for bariatric surgery, you need to think about the possible risks and complications of having this surgery. Compare these with the risks and complications of not having the surgery.
