Patient Care CoordinationPatient Background AssessmentService Efficiencybariatric surgerydieteticspsychologysurgery
Sleeve gastrectomy
Filmed on 13/01/2016
GB, 49 years old female, suffering from morbid obesity with body mass index (BMI) above 40. She tried diets and medications for weight loss but with very little success and could not maintain lower weight. Her medical background involves asthma and lower back pain. She was offered laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (removal of the part of stomach body) with the intention of losing 25% of total body weight. She underwent mandatory psychiatric assessment before the surgery.
Her recovery after sleeve gastrectomy was good. She started losing weight and her mobility much improved since the procedure.
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Tell us about your experience of this procedure. My referral started back in December 2014 when I went to see my GP. I had my first appointment at St Mary's on March or April 2015. The first two appointments are group appointments whereby there are other patients who are interested in having bariatric surgery and the various procedures are gone through and on the second visit when you come back it's to decide which one you would prefer to go ahead with. speak to the surgeon and the dietician I believe I spoke to. You then have to come back for a third appointment to see the psych who will just go through some medical history with you and then it was a waiting process for your case to be discussed at MDT which took a little bit of time. I was then given an appointment date of the 9th of December as my surgery date.
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