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Will I have pain after sleeve gastrectomy and how is it managed?
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Will I have pain after sleeve gastrectomy and how is it managed?

A sleeve Gastrectomy is performed by making a keyhole/incision at your abdomen. This might cause some surgical pain. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about the pain that one might experience after sleeve gastrectomy and what are medications and other techniques to manage it.

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Well, I have pain from the surgery and how is it managed? Typically these keyhole laparoscopic surgeries don't create that much pain because the cuts are very small. So more than pain, one might feel bloated and might have a bit of nausea, but certainly one is well enough to get up and walk around almost immediately after surgery. If you do have pain, let the nursing team or the ward team know and they will be able to give you painkillers to reduce and improve the pain.

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