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Preoperative Medical Evaluation of the Bariatric Surgery Patient

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Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Abstract

Patients with obesity must be thoroughly assessed before any bariatric procedure is undertaken. Medical comorbidities are common though complications are relatively rare. This makes it difficult to identify those who may develop a perioperative complication, even with the help of validated scoring tools.

After thorough clinical assessment, patients should be discussed at a bariatric multidisciplinary team meeting, ideally one involving motivated individuals from the full range of medical and allied professions who can contribute to providing best possible pre-, peri- and postoperative bariatric care.

This chapter will focus on the evidence base behind the pre-assessment process and how comorbidities and other potential pitfalls should be managed once they have been identified.

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  1. Department of Bariatric Surgery, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK

    Sukitha Namal Rupasinghe

  2. Department of Upper GI Surgery, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust, Liverpool, UK

    Christopher Grocock

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Rupasinghe, S.N., Grocock, C., Natchimuthi, S., Magee, C. (2023). Preoperative Medical Evaluation of the Bariatric Surgery Patient. In: Agrawal, S. (eds) Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60596-4_10

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