{"id":700,"date":"2024-09-08T03:28:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bariatrica.com\/?page_id=700"},"modified":"2024-09-17T01:53:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:53:28","slug":"eres-candidato-para-cirugia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bariatrica.com\/en\/la-obesidad\/eres-candidato-para-cirugia\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a candidate for surgery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"700\" class=\"elementor elementor-700\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f73d1c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f73d1c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4054d81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4054d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you a candidate for surgery?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1d059 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a1d059\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b6775 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54b6775\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65accd9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65accd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indications for obesity surgery and weight-related disorders: position statements of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22da7e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22da7e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d200ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d200ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022 BMI \u2265 40, or more than 100 pounds overweight.<\/p><p>\u2022 BMI \u2265 35 and at least one or more obesity-related comorbidities, such as type II diabetes (DM2), hypertension, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart disease.<\/p><p>\u2022 Surgical weight loss treatment improves the components of metabolic syndrome. This applies to patients with class I obesity (BMI &gt; 30 kg\/m2) as well as to patients with higher obesity classes.<\/p><p>\u2022 Long-standing obesity (&gt; 5 years)<\/p><p>\u2022 Proven failure of nutritional and behavioral therapy. Inability to achieve sustained, healthy weight loss over a period of time with previous weight loss efforts.<\/p><p>\u2022 Surgery for obesity and weight-related diseases is effective in obese patients under 18 years of age.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d81031a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d81031a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30049be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30049be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022 Surgery for obesity and weight-related disorders is effective in obese patients over 60 years of age. Most studies conclude that the primary goal of surgery for obesity and weight-related disorders in patients over 60 years of age is to improve quality of life.<\/p><p>\u2022 In 2007, European interdisciplinary guidelines, in agreement with the views expressed by a document of American pediatricians, endorsed the use of surgery for obese patients younger than 18 years, supportive surgery for obesity and weight-related diseases only for patients whose BMI &gt; 40 kg\/m 2 (or &gt; 99.5th percentile for age) with at least one comorbidity.<\/p><p>\u2022 Mood and anxiety disorders are not considered contraindications for surgery. Mood and anxiety symptoms should be carefully monitored both before and after surgery. 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