| Title | : | Bariatric Surgery Journey: Volume 12 - Who's a Candidate for Outpatient Surgery? |
| Duration | : | 35:37 |
| Viewed | : | 1,736 |
| Published | : | 16-04-2021 |
| Source | : | Youtube |
Join us every Friday with Dr. Isaias Irgau of CHRIAS & Kemal Erkan of United Medical as they discuss the bariatric surgery journey! This week, Kemal & Dr. Irgau cover who is a candidate for outpatient bariatric surgery. According to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), the qualifications for bariatric surgery in most areas include:
- BMI ≥ 40, or more than 100 pounds overweight.
- BMI ≥ 35 and at least one or more obesity-related co-morbidities such as type II diabetes (T2DM), hypertension, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart disease.
- Inability to achieve a healthy weight loss sustained for a period of time with prior weight loss efforts.
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