Obesity should be seen as a health problem, not only as an aesthetic issue. It causes metabolic, cardio-circulatory, pulmonary and joint problems. Therefore, when we consider performing an obesity intervention on a patient, we first need an exhaustive clinical study, a preoperative study that will give us what the patient’s clinical situation is and will allow us to prepare him/her adequately for the intervention.
This exhaustive clinical study, together with the anaesthetic evaluation, will allow the patient to be in the best conditions, both physically and psychologically, to be able to cope with this operation. This preoperative preparation is very important.
The preoperative preparation will include diet, physical exercise and adjustment of preoperative medication, as it is important that the medications the patient is taking and others that will be given, are regulated during this period.
During the surgery we use state-of-the-art anesthetic methods, of course, equipment, technology, medication, monitors, etc. all the best to ensure safety at an adequate level, so that the surgery proceeds as safely as possible.
In the immediate postoperative period, the patient’s comfort level will be sought, in fact, during the first hours the pain is minimal, it is only abdominal discomfort and the only thing patients usually complain about, is a feeling of nausea, it is more of a feeling of discomfort that goes away in a few hours.
Patients operated with these levels of technology and safety of preparation do not need ICU, the reincorporation will be very fast, in a couple of hours patients will be able to get up, because the goal is to return to their daily lives as soon as possible, they can walk, they can move, and in fact they will be able to drink water in the first 4 hours after the operation.
During the operation, the application of anaesthetic methods as well as the latest medication, equipment, monitors, etc. and appropriate continuous training, make this surgery very safe even in a complex patient, such as an obese patient, and the complications are exceptional.

In short, obesity operations are delicate and the patient is complex, but in the hands of an expert team that meets the appropriate quality requirements, the risks are minimized and the results are excellent.
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