“Tell me Mike, how do you expect me to face Mr. Spitzer, who has already waited ten weeks for an answer from his insurance company, and tell him that the earliest we can operate on him is in three months’ time? You know that he is struggling to make this drastic commitment, and we are just making life more difficult for him,” Dr. Crawler said to his head surgeon. “We urgently need to do something about this. This is not the first time that I have had to deal with such an unpleasant situation, and I am sure this will not be the last.” Dr. George Crawler, one of the leading bariatric surgeons in the country, founded the Bariatric Surgery Center at…
Complications of from a gastric bypass includes ulcers are holes or breaks in the protective lining of the upper part of the small intestine or the stomach causing pain in discomfort. Ulcers can usually be treated successfully by medications. A stricture is when the new connection between the stomach and small intestine heals, but as it heals, it can forms scar tissue that can make the opening of the connection smaller. This variety of gastric bypass side effects may even progress to the patient not tolerating any solid food or liquids.…
In July 2003, a male patient underwent abdominal surgery for an ulcer. He developed an…
Two dangers of the gastric bypass are infection and malabsorption syndrome. Infection is a major problem because most patient’s having this surgery have multiple other issues such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. These underlying problems contribute to slow wound healing.…
Moreover, It is important to research the patient's habits before performing the surgery. For example, it is important to know if the patient went at least 4 weeks without smoking, abstaining from alcohol and drugs. It is important because it has an influence on stopping the bleeding during surgery. In addition, according to Mayo Clinic (2016) "Risks. Dissatisfaction is possible after any type of cosmetic surgery. Surgical complications are possible, too — including excessive bleeding or infection at the surgical site. Recovery. After cosmetic surgery, you might need days,…
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Obesity is an epidemic that greatly affects over 50% of the American population. The reasons for this epidemic are numerous, from the growing trend of the super-sized meal to the intense laziness of the average American. It is this inherent laziness that leads many Americans to look for a quick fix to the problem of obesity; this has resulted in the increasing popularity of cosmetic surgeries to "cure" someone of the obesity. Gastric bypass surgery is the leading remedy for this particular problem.…
An issue that I faced just over two months ago forced me to make a hard and concisions decision. Two months ago, I was told that my fiancé had to have triple bypass surgery. At this point of time my family had just moved to kingwood in a huge home with a major increase in bills. My fiancé wanted to hold off on the surgery to earn more income before the procedure, but I was defiantly against it. My major issue with the surgery was the down time for my fiancé because I need an estimate time of how long bills were going to be an issue.…
The side effect of undergoing gastric bypass is leaks, which can occur from any anastomosis from stomach to intestines and cause food, saliva or bacteria to enter patients’ abdominal cavity. After gastric bypass surgery, patients’ may not digest food as well as before because the food no longer go along the original path, so it causes flatulence, which means the patients will have excessive farting while gastric banding surgery does not change the structure and function of the small intestine.…
Health issues: If you have other health problems like, cardiac disease, lung problem, diabetes, liver problem, or any blood related disease, then tell your doctor, because any surgery with such health conditions can cause complication to your health. You doctor will fist bring these problems under control, and then he/she will carry the surgical procedure.…
Throughout the article “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery” Camille Paglia in the Essay The pitfalls of plastic surgery the author states her opinion and views on the topic of Plastic Surgery she gives the reader for example the history of body modification and how it went from something not many people out of celebrities status had access to until the late 1990s-2002 where almost every major city has a plastic surgeon.…
He said this made him feel miserable and unwell. Vomiting can cause a loss of essential electrolytes and can make a patient very dehydrated. For someone who has been fasting before a surgery and is already somewhat dehydrated it is important to prevent this (Dillon, 2007). On inspection he looked pale and clammy, with a grimace on his face. It was obvious he wasn’t feeling well. He then began to retch into a vomit carton but produced little vomit due to the fact he had been fasting. He was given maxalon, which was charted and documented and this was found effective within 10 minutes. He was then given an iceblock to test if he could tolerate food/fluid, when he felt fine after this he was offered sandwhiches and a drink. He felt fine after eating and drinking which meant his nausea and vomiting was diminished enough that he was able to be…
III. Thesis: There are different types of Gastric Bypass procedures that can help save lives not only for the person who is overweight, but for their loved ones as well.…
All of the extra fat makes you feel bloated and your stomach distended. You might also suffer diarrhea as your gall bladder struggles to process all of the extra grease.…
After careful review of this study, as a semester II nursing student, it is important to understand how surgical complications can pose significant challenges on patients’ recovery, and to implement interventions to help prevent postoperative pulmonary complication, such as deep breathing exercises. Currently, many hospitals, including my clinical placement at Richmond hospital, have implemented preoperative and postoperative standards of care that encourages the patients to perform deep breathing at least every two hours while they are awake. In my current clinical placement on the general surgical unit, deep breathing and coughing exercises are encouraged to patients on a regular basis, to help improve in oxygenation and to prevent complications…