I'm pregnant and i'm gonna deliver my baby next month on march , how long after giving birth can i do the surgery ? And it gonna matter if i deliver natural or c-section ?
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Hello, Although not common but there are cases where the patient after a gastric sleeve has not lost the ideal amount of weight, another sleeve could be done. In your particular case, with two previous gastric sleeve surgeries, your bariatric surgeon could evaluate and consider another type of...
In New York State it is required that all insurance companies cover bariatric weight loss surgery. Because your BMI is over 40 you do qualify for the sleeve gastrectomy. You should make an appointment with an experience bariatric surgeon to learn more.
Sleeve gastrectomy limits the amount of food that your stomach allows so you will lose weight, with less nutritional deficent than others. In type 1 or 2 obesity, restrictive surgeries are recommended rather than malabsortive like bypass. In cases like you can have the best results losing up to ...
