Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Selection criteria for weight loss/ bariatric surgery

  • Severely obese patient who need to lose more than 20 kg of weight.
  • People with obesity and uncontrolled diabetes.
  • People with obesity and uncontrolled hypertension
  • People with obesity and severe joint/knee pain 
  • Infertility, PCOD
  • Dyslipidemia
  • Obstructive sleep apnea (people who snore while sleeping or get up during sleep because of suffocation).
  • People who are suffering from reflux disease, hiatus hernia along with obesity.