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What patients with pancreatic chances are the best candidates for surgery?
Patients who are considered suitable for surgery usually have small tumors in the head of the pancreas, have jaundice as their initial symptom, and have no evidence of metastatic disease.
How are patients prepared for hip revision surgery?
Patients who are considered appropriate candidates for hip revision surgery are asked to come to the hospital about a week before the operation. X rays and other diagnostic images of the hip are reviewed
What determines the course of medical treatment of gallstones?
Patients with no symptoms usually do not require treatment. The best treatment for patients with symptoms is usually surgery. Those who are not good candidates for surgery may take oral bile salts.
How are patients evaluated by orthopedic surgeons?
Prior to any surgery, candidates undergo extensive testing to determine appropriate corrective procedures.
How healthy do liposuction patients need to be?
Patients should be in good general health and free of heart or lung disease. Patients with poor circulation or who have had recent surgery at the intended site of fat reduction are not good candidates.
What patients are generally rejected for a pallidotomy?
Those who are very elderly, demented, or with other significant medical conditions that would be compromised by surgery are usually not candidates for pallidotomy.
Who are poor candidates for abdominoplasty?
Women who wish to have subsequent pregnancies. Individuals who wish to lose a large amount of weight following surgery. Patients with unrealistic expectations
Who has myocardial resection?
Patients are not limited by age, race or sex when being evaluated for myocardial resection surgery. Patients who experience angina, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and pulmonary edema (fluid on the lungs) are candidates for this procedure.
How many Americans are candidates for bariatric surgery?
More than 23 million Americans are candidates for bariatric surgery
Why are patients who are HIV positive or have heart-lung disease not good candidates for liver transplantation?
Their ability to survive the surgery and the difficult recovery period, as well as their longterm prognosis, is hindered by their conditions.
What is the bariatric treatment?
Bariatric operations alter the digestive tract of patients in order to achieve weight loss in individuals who are obese. Surgery candidates generally have a BMI over 40 or have an obesity-related disease.
What do the surgeons give patients before they have surgery?
It depends what surgery it is, and where on your body it is.
