Surgery and Hospitalization

Gastric bypass surgery is a surgery actually invented by Dr. Mason around 1968 as a method of losing weight. What it accomplishes is to make the stomach very small with a very small outlet. So it's what we call a restrictive procedure; it prevents things from going through fast, and it also bypasses a portion of the stomach and intestine, the duodena portion of the intestine, in order for patients to be able to lose weight. In one they are forced to lose weight, they are forced to learn how to eat appropriately.

This surgery costs 35-40k in the USA out of pocket with out insurance. If you traveled abroad you would receive equal or BETTER care, air, hotel and even an aftercare program in places like Costa Rica and Mexico for as low as 10,000 USD. Check out a company named MedPath Group they are famous for these types of procedures.

I have had this procedure, and there is a huge possibility of scar tissue. I had some that was pretty painful at first but I don't even notice it anymore.... my knee feels good as new, however to answer the question it probably depends on the person and the rate at which his or her body recovers from the opporation.... good ol' physical therapy helps out a lot too.

The insertion of a long, narrow cylindrical tube with a camera, through a 1 cm incision in the abdomen. Three smaller incisions allow for insertion of other instruments to perform the surgical procedure.

I have seen on many different websites that the recovery to return to your job, if you have a basic desk job and aren't lifting, is about 6-8 days. For everything else, like jogging or strength training, it can take up to 3.5 to 4 weeks just to be safe that you recover properly and don't damage anything done to your chest area.

Blepharorrhaphy is the medical term meaning surgical suture of the eyelid. Tarsorrhaphy is a related term meaning partially suturing the eyelids closed.

The usual first step is to drain away any residue from the ruptured appendix, and treat with antibiotics to prevent infection. Then they will remove it.

They would remove it right away if it had not yet burst.

Answer Hi, I had a tummy tuck about two years ago and it was day surgery, so I was released about 2 hours after the surgery. I had consulted with many surgeons about length of stay and it was pretty much borderline (a recovery period for about 2 to 4 HOURS) and then released. I do know that if your surgery is performed at a hospital they may require/allow you to stay for 2 TO 4 days. I am a plastic surgeon in Utah (Dr. York Yates). With improved technique and technology, this is almost always an oupatient procedure today. My patients stay as long as they need/ feel like it but usually this is just 15-45 minutes. I generally do not use general anesthesia even for a full abdominoplasty which helps.

Partial tears are rare. In theory, they have some healing capacity, but personally, i doubt it. This does NOT mean (reconstructive) surgery is needed though. It also does NOT mean symptoms (such as pain, reduced mobility, swelling, instability...) won't get better. the tear measure 13 mm in the sagittal plane by 16 mm in the coronal plane

The term -ectomy is used for surgical removal so it will be called ductectomy.

The dogs were tired from the park; their owner regretted that he could not take them out personally; their owner was recovering from surgery.

The qualifications that have to be met is the ages have to be 18 - 65 with a BMI of over 40 or have the following conditions such as high blood pressure, sleep apnea, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, obesity, high cholesterol, or infertility, however if your doctor has documented in medical record that you have tried several times to lose weight that will also work for qualification eligibility. Normally health insurance companies do not cover these elective procedures but if you need some assistance in locating a limited benefit plan that will reprice the procedure and pay a portion of it there are companies available to help.

There are mainly three risks of tubal ligatation reversal surgery. First of all you may get problems under the operation like complications associated with the anestesia, or a blood vessel could get injured and there would be a bleeding. Last of all after the surgery there's always the possibility of getting an infection.

Yes, it is possible to reverse a vasectomy. Usually if you're not sure this is what you want permanently, they can surgically insert valves instead of just cutting and tying

off or cauterizing the tubes and this makes it quiet easy to reverse a vasectomy. How ever it's a bit more costly to do that.

They can also be reversed with micro surgery to reattach the tubes together also a

bit spendy.

Hope this helps.

I cannot give actual percentages, but the success rate is very high. I know several people who have had by-pass surgery, one of whom had a quadruple bypass and the others triple bypass operations. All of them were extremely ill before surgery. One, in fact, had suffered a heart attack that was so bad that it was touch-and-go for quite a while. One is now running marathons, the rest of the triple bypass guys are all active and well, and the quadruple bypass guy (who had the surgery around 20 years ago) is still extremely active, and is still playing golf at the age of 88.

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extensive training is requried which also depends on which what area you will specialize in. I think it is 8 - 9 years after medical school before you become a fully fledged doc in that field.

yeah, usually the hospital will tell you when you should stop eating, its usually 6-8hrs before the time of admission.....im getting surgery tomorrow and ive gotta be at the hospital at 2pm, and ive been told to eat nothing after 8am. but it usually depens on the type of surgery aswell

There are several different types of bariatric surgery. The lap band is a popular new surgery and gastric bypass surgery is used for the morbidly obese patients. Recovery time inculdes resting for two to three weeks, and resuming normal activity at four to six weeks after the surgery.

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Gastric band surgery is the best way to lose your weight. you can lose your up to 50% weight through this band surgery. many people have got benefit from this band surgery. you can say that when you feel need to lose your weight in easy way on that time you can use this band surgery.

Iam not sure but the green colour means life and hope so maybe the surgeons wear green hoppe that their patients live. Green also means safety and youth so that means that after the operation the patient would be as young and youth again.

If you had microdiscectomy surgery, it can take as long as 3-4 months for the spine to fully scar over. However, normal activities may be resumed 2-3 weeks after surgery. Just be careful not to push your body too far.

Arthroscopic knee surgery can happen under many circumstances; torn cartilage, ligament surgery, water on the knee, patella damage, etc: This form of surgery is used as often as possible as the complications are often less.

Most patients who have arthroscopic surgery are released that same day; some patients stay in the hospital overnight

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