Bariatric Surgery Complications
in Denver, Colorado
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Procedure | Preoperative Testing | Complications of Surgery | Postoperative Care | Long-term Care | Expected Outcome | Case Studies | Questions and Answers
Complications of Surgery
- The intricacies of the bariatric procedure itself, which may include:
- Bowel or stomach leaks that results in an abscess that requires operative repair
- Obstruction of the stomach at the point of the anastamosis that may require dilatation through a gastroscope
- Wound infections
- Formation of ulcers at the attachment of the small bowel to the stomach
- Development of gallstones
Or, events related to an major abdominal operation, such as:
- blood clots
- infection
- pneumonia
- bleeding
- development of hernias
- wound infection
It is important to understand that several complications related to surgery are more prevalent in obese patients, often due to poor heart and lung function. These include myocardial infarction or heart failure and pulmonary complications such as respiratory failure or pulmonary embolus, lung collapse, or pneumonia.
