Bariatric Surgery
Although the patients in the high-risk group represent less than 3% of the total, they represent 8% of deaths. Factors to consider are: A greater than 50 body mass index. In this scale, the measure of body fat based on weight and height of the person above 30 is already considered as obesity. Masculine gender. Men are more likely than women to suffer from hypertension, diabetes and metabolic disorders, which add to the risk of the surgery itself.
Advanced age. Over 45 patients have a high risk of dying after bariatric surgery. Hypertension. Patients with hypertension or high blood pressure, regularly have problems of the heart, or chronic inflammation of the blood vessels, increasing the risk of surgery. Risk of pulmonary embolism.
Patients who have risk of developing a stroke or pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs, a higher risk of death with the surgery. When talk to patients about Bariatric Surgery, we can cite national averages in terms of risks, but it is not very useful when a patient in specific is sitting in front of me, says DeMaria. Many physicians and patient come as an option bariatric surgery only when other means to lose weight have failed. However, our system shows that this strategy may need to be reconsidered. For patients with high risk, DeMaria says that the best method is to lose some weight before the surgery. As an alternative, surgeons can make a series of smaller, and therefore less risky, during that time procedures. Goodbye obesity have a tool of electronic consultation that considered above and can help you decide which of the surgeries to lose weight is your best option. This e-consultation is free and confidential. Greetings, Dr. Hector Bernal Bypass Gastrico Sobre the author: Hector Bernal is a surgeon specialist in metabolic surgery and obesity Professor titular at the school of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in Chihuahua Mexico original author and source of the article.