 Luis A. Betances, M.D., Director of the General Surgery and Laparoscopic Department
in CEDIMAT, along with a highly qualified group
of professionals, has created a multi-disciplinary
medical unit, and has designed a bariatric surgery
program in CEDIMAT, that has been internationally
recognized by other bariatrical institutes as
a “Center of Excellence”.
Program Objectives:
The main objective of this program is creating an Eating Order for our patients.
This means, to directly attack the main cause
of obesity, which are Eating Disorders. This can
de accomplished with adequate counseling in order
to achieve control and balance between quality
and quantity of food intake. The quantity of food
will be regulated by surgery.
Pre-Surgical Evaluation (Screening):
A good pre-surgical evaluation (screening) is very important, because there
lies the frequency of complications and possible
success of the procedure. Pre-surgical evaluations
are made from a physical and a psychological stand
point. For the physical examination, all physiological
bodily functions are evaluated mainly to calculate
the risk of surgery. Any aspect of this examination
that results negative has to be corrected previous
to surgery. Obesity indicators are also evaluated
in order to decide if the patient is or is not
a candidate for obesity control surgery. This
includes weight, excess weight, percentage of
excess weight, and body mass index (BMI).
|
