Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly called coronary angioplasty, is a minimally invasive treatment that opens narrowed or blocked heart arteries. It can restore blood flow in people with coronary artery disease and may be performed urgently during a heart attack or as a planned treatment for persistent symptoms.
Heart transplantation is a major operation in which a severely diseased heart is replaced with a healthy donor heart. It may help carefully selected people with end-stage heart failure, meaning the heart can no longer pump enough blood despite appropriate medicines, devices, or previous procedures.
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive treatment that replaces a narrowed aortic valve without traditional open-heart surgery. It may help people with severe aortic stenosis, a condition in which the heart valve becomes too tight to support normal blood flow.
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is heart surgery that restores blood flow around narrowed or blocked coronary arteries. A surgeon uses a healthy blood vessel from another part of the body to create a new route for blood to reach the heart muscle.
Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) is a weight-loss surgery that combines sleeve gastrectomy, which reduces stomach size, with intestinal rerouting that limits calorie absorption. It may help selected people with severe obesity or obesity-related diseases when non-surgical treatment has not produced adequate, lasting improvement.
Gastric bypass surgery is a weight-loss procedure that creates a small stomach pouch and redirects part of the small intestine. It may help people with severe obesity lose weight and improve obesity-related health problems when lifestyle measures and medicines have not provided adequate results.
Adjustable gastric banding is a bariatric, or weight-loss, operation in which a surgeon places an inflatable silicone band around the upper stomach. The band creates a small pouch, helping suitable adults feel full after eating smaller portions while leaving the digestive tract intact.
Mini gastric bypass, also called one-anastomosis gastric bypass, is a weight-loss operation that creates a narrow stomach pouch and connects it to the small intestine through one surgical join. It may help eligible people with severe obesity lose weight and improve obesity-related health conditions.
Sleeve gastrectomy is a bariatric, or weight-loss, surgery in which a large part of the stomach is removed, leaving a narrow tube-shaped stomach. The procedure limits meal size and changes appetite-related hormones, helping eligible people achieve sustained weight loss when non-surgical measures have not been effective.
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According to international accepted criteria, the indications for obesity surgery are BMI > 40 kg/m2 or BMI>35 with pronounced co-morbidities. It is also requires several failed non-surgical attempts at weight reduction under the guidance of a physician over a period of one year and the absence of surgical contraindication or concomitant disease. Nevertheless, limits to the indication for surgery continue to be changing. For example, diabetes specialists suggest that a BMI of 32 kg/m2 in patients with type 2 diabetes as an indication for surgery.
It is essential to provide thorough information about your health records, medical history, current medication, and so forth. If you are referred to Apollo Hospitals by a doctor in your residing country, it is recommended to bring along the contact details of the doctor to your scheduled appointment.
It is essential to provide thorough information about your health records, medical history, current medication, and so forth. If you are referred to Apollo Hospitals by a doctor in your residing country, it is recommended to bring along the contact details of the doctor to your scheduled appointment.
It is essential to provide thorough information about your health records, medical history, current medication, and so forth. If you are referred to Apollo Hospitals by a doctor in your residing country, it is recommended to bring along the contact details of the doctor to your scheduled appointment.
It is essential to provide thorough information about your health records, medical history, current medication, and so forth. If you are referred to Apollo Hospitals by a doctor in your residing country, it is recommended to bring along the contact details of the doctor to your scheduled appointment.
