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Laxatives Before Gastric Bypass Surgery?
asked 1 year ago by anon
Latest answer by Peter A. Aldea, MD
Question viewed 209 times
Tags: diet, laxative
If I go on a liquid diet several days before my gastric bypass, how will this affect the need for harsh laxatives taken 24-48 hours in advance?
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Use Laxatives Before Gastric Bypass Surgery?
One of the concerns bowel surgeons have is that when the intestines are divided and re-routed, bowel contents may be spilled into the abdominal cavity causing a serious infection. For this reason, for over a century surgeons have been reducing the sheer volume of intra-intestinal contents by putting patients on liquid diets, reducing particulate matter and then using laxatives the day before surgery to empty the colon.
I'm not sure why you need laxatives if you are not having a colon...
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