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Gastric bypass
Filmed on 13/01/2016
KK, 53 years old female, suffering from obesity. Few years ago she underwent a Heliogast band as a treatment for obesity. She lost some weight, but started gaining again. Apart from that she did not tolerate band well, was feeling sick and attended few times to Emergency Department. Her medical history includes high blood pressure, depression, ovarian cysts, and removal of the gall bladder laparoscopically (keyhole surgery).
She was offered laparoscopic removal of the band and gastric bypass. Before planned procedure underwent psychiatric assessment, which is a part of work up before bariatric procedures. After the procedure she developed chest infection which was treated with antibiotics.
Otherwise she recovered reasonably well and started losing weight in a steady fashion.
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Tell us about your experience of this procedure. It was fine, everything was fine, it was a little bit more painful than I expected but I did have two procedures really because I had the band removed and the mini bypass but after the second day it was fine, I'm really happy. Great. Is there anything you want to tell a prospective patient about to undergo these procedures? I would recommend it. I've got no problems at all, anything, nothing at all. Okay. Was there anything you experienced which was unexpected? No, I don't think so. I found out that I'm allergic to a few things, but not to do with the surgery. That's been fine. Everybody's been great. The whole thing's been great. Great experience. A little bit painful, but great. Just looking forward to a new life now. Excellent. Thanks very much.
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