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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• Preparation for Surgery

  Before surgery your surgeon requires to know your physiological status and asses your co morbid conditions. Hence you are required to do few investigations
  
  Pre Operative Investigations :
  BLOOD : Hemogram Blood sugar levels, both fasting and after lunch Blood urea levels & S. creatine Lipid profile Liver function tests Thyroid function tests
  URINE : Routine and Microscopic Abdominal sonography, X ray chest ECG Pulmonary function tests Upper GI endoscopy 
  
  Visit to a Nutritionist :
  Your nutritionist is one of the important part of your team who will be guiding you towards weight reduction. Preoperatively she will instruct about a suitable diet to reduce the size of your liver. She will also brief you about post operative diet modifications. 
  
  Visit to a Psychiatrist :
  To make your life comfortable after surgery, psychiatrist also is a important part of the team. He will advise you about lie style modifications as well as behavioral modifications.
  
  Visit to a Anaesthetist :
  Obesity surgery is a major surgery. It requires general anaesthesia during the procedure. To make yourself safe for surgery, anaesthetist will evaluate before surgery with respect to general anaesthesia. During this visit anaesthetist will go through all your investigations allready done. He may advise you according to your physiological status.

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• General

  Not every patient requires to undergo surgery. Many of the overweight patients can reduce their weight by supervised diet and exercise management.

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