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Gastric bypass
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Gastric bypass

Filmed on 06/01/2016 RH, a 33 years old female, suffering from obesity. Her medical background covers pre-diabetic condition, epilepsy and osteoarthritis. She did not maintain weight loss achieved with diets and tablets. She was offered laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) gastric bypass. Before the procedure underwent a mandatory psychiatric assessment. Also, before the procedure was found to have MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) in her nose and had to have an eradication therapy with nasal ointment. She recovered well from the surgery. Started losing weight in a steady fashion and her mobility improved much since the procedure.


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