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Bariatric Surgery: What Are The Benefits? - Dr. Hajduczek (VIDEO)

 
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Dr. Andrew Hajduczek discusses the benefits, aside from weight loss, a patient experiences after bariatric surgery.

Dr. Hajduczek:
The major problem related to morbid obesity are comorbidities. As a result of weight loss due to bariatric surgeries, there is also dramatic resolution, or at least very significant improvement in comorbidities. And so, scientifically, in relation to morbid obesity are type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia as well as obstructive sleep apnea, arthralgias of weight bearing joints, swelling of ankles and quite a few other typical conditions, practically all of which is, are improved very significantly or sometimes almost miraculously disappear quite quickly.

About Dr. Andrew Hajduczek, M.D.:
Dr. Andrew Hajduczek was born and raised in Poland where he graduated from The Silesian Medical Academy and finished internship and surgical training (5 years). After immigrating to the United States, he completed internship and the surgical residency program at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA and started in busy private practice in the South Bay area in 1988. The scope of his practice included all aspects of general surgery (including laparoscopic – since 1990) as well as vascular and thoracic surgery. He served as Chief of Surgery in three hospitals (double terms after first being a Vice Chief there).

Keywords:
Condition: Obesity, Morbid Obesity, Weight Loss, Morbidly Obese

Related Terms: StomaphyX™, Weight Loss, Bariatric Surgery, LAP-BAND®, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding, Gastric Sleeve, Revisional Bariatric Surgery, Nutrition, Overweight, BMI, Body Mass Index, Decreased Mobility, Comorbidities, Diabetes, Hypertension, REALIZE®, GERD, Bariatric Seminars

Expert: Dr. Andrew Hajduczek, Andrew Hajduczek, M.D., Dr. Hajduczek, Doctor Hajduczek, Bariatric Surgeon Dr. Hajduczek

Expertise: Incisionless Bariatric Surgery, REALIZE® Band, Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, StomaphyX™, Bariatric Surgery, LAP-BAND®, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding, Gastric Sleeve, Revisional Bariatric Surgery, Sleeve Gastrectomy

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