Preparing for Surgery
Guides in this tab 7
-
Preparing for Surgery: A Timeline
A practical timeline for consultations, clearances, the pre-op diet, medication planning, and final preparations before bariatric surgery.
-
How to Choose a Bariatric Surgeon
Where to find candidates, which credentials and accreditations matter, and the questions worth asking at a consultation.
-
The Psychological Evaluation Before Surgery: What They Ask and What Disqualifies You
The evaluation exists to find risks and arrange support, not to screen you out. What gets asked, the short list of real contraindications, and why answering honestly serves you rather than the program.
-
Pre-Op Clearances: Every Test Your Program May Require and Why
What the 2019 perioperative guideline actually recommends before surgery, recommendation by recommendation and grade by grade: labs, endoscopy, H. pylori, sleep apnea, cardiac testing, glycemic targets, smoking, behavioral health and the preoperative diet, and which parts your payer added.
-
Pre Op Diet Overview
Why the pre op diet is about shrinking your liver rather than losing weight, how long it usually runs, and how to get through it.
-
The Week Before Surgery
The final seven days: pre-op testing, the last diet stage, sorting medications with your team, and getting your home ready.
-
What to Pack for the Hospital
The short list of what to bring, what to leave at home, and the few items patients say made the biggest difference.