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Gastric bypass surgery is recommended for patients suffering from obesity or morbid obesity. As a rule of thumb, patients with a BMI (body mass index) over 40 are considered morbidly obese. Individuals who still struggle to lose weight although they tried all other weight loss methods, such as diet and exercise are also good candidates for the gastric bypass surgery.

Patients suffering from the following can also benefit from gastric bypass surgery: 

● Type 2 diabetes 

● Insulin resistance
● Sleep apnea 
● Hypertension 

● Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
● Asthma 
● Other comorbid conditions associated with a high body mass index

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Gastric sleeve surgery or sleeve gastrectomy is recommended for patients suffering from obesity or morbid obesity, as it is such a severe health condition that affects various systems of the body. Patients with a body mass index of 40 and over are considered morbidly obese, and this is a type of medical condition where the patient has accumulated so much body fat that it has a negative effect on the patient’s health, effectively limiting their life expectancy. 

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Aortic valve replacement is performed in order to deal with following heart valve diseases:
• Aortic stenosis - the light of the aortic valve is narrowing and this impedes blood flow.
• Aortic insufficiency / aortic regurgitation – heart valve does not close totally, letting the blood already pumped out of patient’s heart to enter it again. As a result heart’s volume starts to expand to accommodate this additional amount of blood.
Patients suffering from these heart valve diseases are potential candidates for aortic valve replacement surgery.

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Potential coronary artery bypass surgery candidates are the people with cardiovascular disease, suffering from heart angina. The key factor is coronary artery obstruction. If it is higher than 50%, the patient may be a candidate for coronary artery bypass graft. Still, it is up to cardiologist’s decision, since it is an invasive, open heart surgery.

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Most of the patient’s situation does not require surgery for the treatment of anal fissure. For most of the patients changing their diet to a fiber-rich one and doing sports is quite adequate. Some of the patients may need anal fissure medicines so as to heal their fissures. Only a small part of the patients requires anal fissure surgery. These patients suffer from a chronic anal fissure, which means despite the treatment, the problem reoccurs repeatedly.

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One of the symptoms of gallstones is abdominal pain. Occasionally pain spreads to liver and gallbladder. Oily, heavy food and even a deep breath may trigger this kind of pain. If you suspect that you might have the symptoms, you should consult a doctor to find out about your condition. 

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is mostly performed as a result of the gallstones. Although gallstones usually cause no problem sometimes, they may cause pain and irritation and cholecystitis, which is a condition of an infected gallbladder. Gallbladder removal surgery is recommended for patients who are suffering from pain caused by the gallstones. Even though there are other options for the treatment of gallstones, laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains to be the best one.