Are you candidate for weight loss surgery?
You are one step to get control of your weight and diabetes (your new life)
Additional Information
There are a number of widely accepted criteria which make a patient suitable for Bariatric or weight loss surgery:
- Weight greater than 45kg above the ideal body weight for sex, and height.
- BMI > 40 by itself or >35 if there is an associated obesity illness , such as diabetes or sleep apnea
- Reasonable attempts at other weight loss techniques
- Age 18-65
- Obesity related health problems
- No psychiatric or drug dependency problems
- A capacity to understand the risks and commitment associated with the surgery.
- Pregnancy not anticipated in the first two years following surgery
There is considerable flexibility in these guidelines. Patients as young as 12 have been offered surgery. Sometimes a lower BMI between 30-35 is accepted if comorbidities exist.*
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Price
Restrictive and malabsortive procedures
Surgeries that reduce the amount of food you can eat and reduce the absortion of calories
Gastric Bypass
*As low asThe gold standard in bariatric procedures
One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB)
*As low asit has as good results as Roux in Y gastric bypass*
Duodenal Switch
*As low asThe queen of bariatric surgeries
Revisional Surgery
*As low aswe review a previous bariatric surgery and convert it into other with better outcomings
Price
Restrictive procedures
All surgeries that reduce the among of food you can eat
Gastric Sleeve
*As low asA.k.a. Vertical sleeve gastrectomy
Intragastric balloon
*As low as(This is a temporary procedure, it has to be removed in six months, add 1,500dlls for removal)
Laparoscopic gastric band
*As low asLaparoscopic Band
Single incision gastric sleeve
*As low asonly for patients with BMI less than 45
Price
Others surgical procedures
sometime is possible to do an extra procedure during the bariatric surgery
Gallblader removal
*As low asstones in the gallblader is very common and a bariatric surgery may increase the symptoms
Hiatal Hernia repair
*As low asHiatal Hernia is very common issue After Lap Band or in overweight patients, it’s important repairing during the bariatric procedure for better outcomings (a very large hiatal hernias couldn’t be able to repair at the same time of bariatric surgery)
Abdominal wall hernias
*As low asdepending of size of the hernia, sometime is possible repair them during the bariatric procedure
Price
Premium hospital
SURGERIES CAN BE DONE IN A PREMIUM HOSPITAL (DREAMS HOSPITAL) PRICES WOULD INCREASE CONSIDERABLY*
Ex. for Sleeve gastrectomy at Dreams Hospital
*As low as* 200 dlls discount in Cash payment/ BMI > 50 add. 350 dlls/ BMI > 60 add. 500 dlls.
The price includes 2 nights in a Real Inn hotel
What does the price include?
The Price includes
- Trasportation: San diego airport-Hotel (in Tijuana Mx.)- Hospital-Hotel- San Diego Airport
- one or two hotel nigths
- Hospital Fees (surgery itself, Two hospital nigths, Operation room fee, supplies)
- Surgical Team Fees (Surgeon, surgeon assistant, Anesthesiologist, Pre-surgical valoration by Cardiologist, Nurses, Nutriologist, Patient’s coordinator, Driver)
- Presurgical blood tests
- Post-surgical leak tests (Fluoroscopy)
- to home medication (Pain killer and antibiotics)
- Gauzes and tape
Doesn’t Include
- Extra surgeries
- Extra blood test and X-Ray test
- Complications (Occur less than 0.02%)
- Re-operations
- Blood transfusions (If is required)
- Companion expenses
- Extra hospital or hotel nigths