To prepare for surgery and life after gastric bypass, you may meet with a: A month before surgery. You’ll need a pre-surgery checkup. Your doctor will let you know what to expect, but you may ...

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The duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis for bariatric surgery should not exceed 24 h after surgery is completed.

Postprandial hypoglycemia is one of the main complications of bariatric surgery and can affect up to 30% of patients. Unlike ...

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Expert Rev Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res. 2010;10(3):317-328. Surgical site infections in the general population are associated with a two- to three-fold increased risk of death, and a 60% ...

Still regarding quality-of-life improvement in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery, a study 14 reported a significant improvement in the Visual Analogue Scale Questionnaire for Pain after ...

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Conclusions In clinical practice, bariatric surgery by RYGB or SG is most effective ... Potential depression, according to PHQ-9, was also most common in the MT group at baseline and remained higher ...