Who Can Have Operation?
Bariatric surgery can be applied to individuals aged between 18-60 years. Before the surgery, the patient's eating-drinking habits, lifestyle, diabetes, blood pressure are taken into consideration. The requirements for the surgical treatment of those who wish to benefit from this treatment are as follows:
- People, whose body mass index is more than 40 and body mass index is between 35-40 and have obesity related diseases such as hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes, heart failure,
- People, who carried out various diet programs and different treatment methods to lose weight and fail,
- People with obesity disease who cannot been treated for at least 5 years,
- People who can handle surgery and anesthesia.