What are the risks of surgery?
Complications include a very small risk of paralysis of an arm or leg and loss of vision on one side. You may also develop an infection resulting in a stiff neck and some confusion that will clear with treatment. Side effects from surgery include temporary problems resulting from brain swelling after surgery. The swelling may produce a mild weakness of an arm or leg, difficulty with finding the right words, and loss of a tiny part of your field of vision. These symptoms get better as the swelling is reduced. In approximately 25 percent of patients, psychiatric symptoms may occur. These symptoms can include depression, hypomania (a state of increased anxiety) and hallucinations. These symptoms can occur anytime within the first several weeks after surgery. Hallucinations usually occur right after surgery and before you are discharged home. The depression and increased anxiety can occur anytime within the first several months after surgery. All of these symptoms are temporary and respond
Like any surgical procedure, LASIK carries some risk of complications. Risks include an infection which could damage your cornea and result in loss of vision, although this is extremely unlikely. As part of your evaluation for the procedure, we will give you an informed consent document which details potential risks and complications of surgery.
We wish to emphasize to our New York patients that all bariatric surgery operations are major procedures and have serious risk. The national average mortality rate for gastric bypass surgery is .5%. Major early complications include leakage of intestinal attachments causing infection and requiring additional surgery, bleeding, blood clots, and any other complications that may occur after major gastric surgery. Wound complications, infections, and hernias can occur. Additionally, there is the risk of malnutrition and vitamin deficiency. This list is far from exhaustive.While most of these issues rarely arise, the major point is that these procedures should only be done when necessary and by doctors who have experience in this area.
A – Complications include a very small risk of paralysis of an arm or leg, or loss of vision on one side. There is a small risk of an infection resulting in a stiff neck and some confusion that will clear with treatment. Side effects from surgery include temporary problems resulting from brain swelling after surgery. The swelling may produce a mild weakness of an arm or leg, difficulty with finding the right words, and loss of a tiny part of your field of vision. These symptoms get better as the swelling is reduced. In approximately 25 percent of patients, psychiatric symptoms may occur. These symptoms can include depression, hypomania (a state of increased anxiety) and hallucinations. These symptoms can occur anytime within the first several weeks after surgery. The depression and increased anxiety can occur anytime within the first several months after surgery. All of these symptoms are temporary and respond well to treatment.
The decision to undergo surgery for weight-loss is a serious one. Before making this decision, you must understand both the risks and benefits of any weight-loss surgical procedure. The risks of surgery are not insignificant and must be weighed against the benefits you will receive when free from obesity and its related problems. It is important you understand that the risks of surgery are low and that the majority of patients have no complications. The risk increases the longer the operation lasts, the heavier the individual is, and the more complicated the surgery is. In general the gastric banding has the lowest complication rate and the least severe complications, while the BPD/DS has the highest complication rate and the most severe complications.
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