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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Gastric bypass
Gastric bypass surgery
Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations that first divides the stomach into a small upper pouch and a much larger lower "remnant" pouch and then re-arranges the small intestine to allow both pouches to stay connected to it. Surgeons have developed several different ways to reconnect the intestine, thus leading to several different GBP names. Any GBP leads to a marked reduction in the functional volume of the stomach, accompanied by an altered physiological and physical response to food. The operation is prescribed to treat morbid obesity, defined as a BMI greater than 40, and also to treat type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and other co-morbid conditions...
Gastric bypass - List of case studies
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Aortic valve replacement Aortocoronary bypass Appendectomy Application of a short leg cast Arch support ... ganglion procedures Gasserian ganglion rhizotomy Gastric bypass Gastric bypass operation Gastric feeding Gastric ...
- Rectal Carcinoma, Gastric Carcinoma, Metastases.
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perforated pyloric ulcer and then a radical resection of a gastric tumor which infiltrated the entire thickness of the gastric wall. It ... to intestinal occlusion, he underwent an entero-enteric bypass procedure. At operation there were peritoneal nodules with fibrous ...
- Metastatic non small cell lung Cancer
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At his heaviest, the patient weighed 135 kg. Underwent gastric bypass operation in 1981. • Bipolar disorder , controlled with ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Hypertension 5 Dyslipidemia 6 Heavy smoker PH 7 S/P Gastric bypass – 1981 8 Osteoporosis 9 Bipolar disorder 10 IHD, significant ...
- Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
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cardiopathy (the patient underwent a triple aortocoronary bypass in 1999); brain ictus in 1999 with no consequences; aneurism of the ... mm and 25 mm, the largest located in the area of the small gastric curvature. Adenopathic formations are present in the pelvic area, along ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer – further opinion
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Hypertension 5 Dyslipidemia 6 Heavy smoker PH 7 S/P Gastric bypass – 1981 8 Osteoporosis 9 Bipolar disorder 10 IHD, significant ...