Weight Reduction Procedures
Risk of Surgery
Who Need Surgery
Choice of Procedures
Metabolic Surgery
Life after Surgery
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Who Need Surgery
As the main purpose of bariatric surgery is to control and reduce the risk of suffering from obesity-related
disease and hence reduce the chance of premature death, the criteria for surgery is dependent on balance between
health risk from obesity and likelihood of benefit from surgery.
From the experience from western countries, most countries follow the guideline from the Consensus Statement from
National Institute of Heath of USA in 1991:
1. |
Morbid obesity
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2. |
Failure of
previous medical weight reduction treatment
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3. |
Age 18 – 55
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4. |
No endocrine
cause of obesity (mainly exclude Hypothyroidism and Cushing Disease)
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5. |
No major
psychiatric diseases (mainly exclude schizophrenia and uncontrolled major depression)
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6. |
No substance
abuse & alcoholic
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7. |
No major
organ failure which leads to contraindication for general anesthesia
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DEFINITION OF MORBID OBESITY FOR SURGERY
In Western countries, the Morbid Obesity is defines as:
1. |
BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2, or
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2. |
BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 with severe obesity-related morbidities
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However, Asians are more prone to develop obesity-related disease than Caucasian and the WHO had defined a lower
BMI of 25 kg/m2 as obesity in Asian (as compared of 30kg/m2 in Caucasian).
In Asia-Pacific Region, we define Morbid Obesity according to the guideline from the Consensus Statement
from Asia-Pacific Bariatric Surgeons Group in 2005:
1. |
BMI ≥ 37 kg/m2, or
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2. |
BMI ≥ 32 kg/m2 plus
Type 2 Diabetes or two obesity-related co-morbidities
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5
ft
5
呎 |
5
ft 4 in
5
呎 4
吋 |
5
ft 7 in
5
呎 7
吋 |
5
ft 10 in
5
呎 10
吋 |
6
ft 1 in
6
呎 1
吋 |
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>
280 lb
磅 |
54 |
49 |
44 |
40 |
37 |
>
127 kg
公斤 |
260
lb
磅 |
50 |
45 |
41 |
37 |
34 |
118
kg
公斤 |
240
lb
磅 |
46 |
42 |
38 |
35 |
32 |
110
kg
公斤 |
220
lb
磅 |
42 |
38 |
35 |
31 |
29 |
100
kg
公斤 |
200
lb
磅 |
38 |
35 |
31 |
29 |
26 |
91
kg
公斤 |
180
lb
磅 |
35 |
31 |
28 |
26 |
24 |
82
kg
公斤 |
160
lb
磅 |
31 |
28 |
25 |
23 |
21 |
73
kg
公斤 |
140
lb
磅 |
27 |
24 |
22 |
20 |
18 |
64
kg
公斤 |
120
lb
磅 |
23 |
21 |
19 |
17 |
16 |
55
kg
公斤 |
100
lb
磅 |
19 |
17 |
16 |
14 |
13 |
45
kg
公斤 |
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1.54
m
米 |
1.62
m
米 |
1.70
m
米 |
1.78
m
米 |
1.86
m
米 |
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Surgical candidate
宜減肥手術者 |
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Surgical candidate if DM
宜減肥手術者(如有糖尿病) |
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Overweight / Obese
超重 /
肥胖 |
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Normal weight
正常體重 |
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Underweight
過輕 |
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