Prepping For Your Weight Loss Surgery? Here’s What You Need To Consider
The emergence of weight loss surgery is considered to be a very much welcome addition in the field of weight management. This in turn allows almost anyone a way to lose weight in a timely and effective manner. As such, a huge number of individuals consider procedures such as gastric bypass surgery, intragastric balloon surgery and bariatric surgery Singapore that are growing in popularity in the present. Here is what you need to consider as you prepare for your weight loss surgery.
To make sure that your weight loss is safe and hassle free, colonoscopy screening is often advised to patients as well as cancer screening to see if they have existing problems with their stomachs that can hinder or cause adverse effect with the weight loss surgery procedure that they have chosen. Colonoscopy revolves around tests that allow doctors to look at the inner lining of the patient’s large intestine (rectum and colon). It aids in finding ulcers, colon polyps, tumours, and areas of inflammation or bleeding.
There are also other medical procedures that revolve around the area of the stomach. For instance, gallbladder removal is often advice when gallstone accumulation has become severe that it causes severe pain and blockage of the bile duct. Doctors may also find other complications in their patient’s stomach such as stomach acid reflux and those that may require hernia surgery.
It is good to hear that such procedure is now relatively popular in Singapore and you will find the likes of gastroscopy, sleeve gastrectomy and keyhole surgery in Singapore to be available on a regular day to day basis for patients to make good use of. We wish for the best with your weight loss endeavours and we hope everything goes smooth and well as you aim for the intended weight goal.
Dr. Ganesh Ramalingam
Specialist in General Surgery
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