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Torrance 23451 Madison Street Torrance, California 90505 |
Suite 340 (Main Reception) Suite 360 (Vein Center) Suite 110 (Bariatric Surgery) |
Telephone: (310) 373-6864 Facsimile: (310) 373-6065 |
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Bariatric Surgery
Explore Benefits and RisksSurgery to produce weight loss is a serious undertaking. Anyone thinking about surgery should understand what the operation involves. Patients and physicians should carefully consider the following benefits and risks: BenefitsRight after surgery, most patients lose weight quickly and continue to lose for 18 to 24 months after the procedure. Although most patients regain 5 to 10 percent of the weight they lost, many maintain a long-term weight loss of about 100 pounds.
Surgery improves most obesity-related conditions. For example, in one study blood sugar levels of 83 percent of obese patients with diabetes returned to normal after surgery. Nearly all patients whose blood sugar levels did not return to normal were older or had lived with diabetes for a long time. RisksTen to 20 percent of patients who have weight-loss surgery require follow-up operations to correct complications. Abdominal hernia was the most common complication requiring follow-up surgery, but laparoscopic techniques seem to have solved this problem. Less common complications include breakdown of the staple line and stretched stomach outlets. Bloot clots and risk of pulmonary embolism are possible but rare (<1%). Pulmonary embolus is the most common cause of death after bariatric surgery. Some obese patients who have weight-loss surgery develop gallstones. Gallstones are clumps of cholesterol and other matter that form in the gallbladder. During rapid or substantial weight loss, a person's risk of developing gallstones increases. Taking supplemental bile salts for the first 6 months after surgery can prevent gallstones. Nearly 30 percent of patients who have weight-loss surgery develop nutritional deficiencies such as anemia, osteoporosis, and metabolic bone disease. These deficiencies usually can be avoided if vitamin and mineral intakes are high enough. Women of childbearing age should avoid pregnancy until their weight becomes stable because rapid weight loss and nutritional deficiencies can harm a developing fetus; this is usually about 2 years. |
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