Who qualifies for Gastric Bypass surgery?

Although there are exceptions, these are the criteria that are generally used to decide who qualifies for the gastric reduction surgery

• Previous efforts to lose weight with balanced diets have failed.
• Absence of serious medical problems that make the surgery too dangerous.
• If you are at least 65 lbs overweight, or have a 35-40 or more BMI (body mass index.)
• Individuals who have a 35-40 BMI, and must lose weight in order to take care of their other medical problems.
• Pediatric patients or patients with previous bariatric surgeries, require different specifications, please ask us about this.

Certain medical conditions like Diabetes Mellitus, Arterial Hypertension, Aterosclerosis, Osteoporosis, Infarct to the Myocardium, Tiroidea Disease, etc., are originated or aggravated by obesity, and are reasons for this class of weight loss surgery. Serious psychiatric problems are a contraindication for the surgery, unless a psychiatrist certifies that the disease is controlled and improving. When these diseases are not controlled, they can worsen with the surgery.
 
Studies have demonstrated that people who suffer from morbid obesity do not generally have a higher index of psychiatric illnesses than the general public. Those sensations of incapacity, lack of security, frustration, obsession with foods, anxieties and depressions are common problems in patients who suffer morbid obesity, but are not psychiatric diseases. These symptoms almost always improve after gastric weight reduction.

Prerequisites for surgery:

1. Clinical history (Medical Questionnaire) to know you better as a patient and as a person.
2. Control of associated diseases.
3. Lab exams.
4. Cardiological evaluation.
5. Recommendations:
1. No smoking
2. Respiratory Exercises
6. To earn your trust