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Pre-operative period
Up to 1 month before surgery
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by your Diabetes Care Provider
By whom is it conducted?
The preferred option is: by your Diabetes Care Provider Alternatively: by our Diabetes Care Provider
How is it conducted?
The Diabetes Care Provider involved to the process, will provide us with information about your health history and your clinical examination by filling in a special ‘diabetes surgery form’.
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by our Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
By whom is it conducted?
By our Diabetes surgery Surgeon
What does the assessment include?
It includes your past surgical history and the surgical clinical examination.
Paraclinical Examinations
Which tests are included?
It includes: blood tests, gastroscopy, bone density scan, ultrasound liver elastography, body composition/ body fat percentage, measurement of physical activity and measurement of specific hormones after two stimulation tests.
By whom are they performed?
You can do all the tests in your area.
The self-report questionnaires
What do they involve?
Hypoglycemic symptoms, food frequency, food tolerance, eating patterns, psychological distress, diabetes-related symptoms, self-reported physical activity, diabetes treatment satisfaction, binge eating severity.
How are they completed?
We can send you the questionnaires online.
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Peri-operative period
Surgery
Pre-surgery evaluation
When is it conducted?
2-3 days before surgery
By whom is it conducted?
By our cardiologist and anesthesiologist and any doctor of another specialty required for you.
Surgical procedure
When is it conducted?
The day of surgery is considered as the day 0.
Which operation will I undergo?
Either gastric bypass plus vagotomy or gastric bypass alone.
Which doctor I will operated by?
By our Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
Postoperative monitoring
What is included?
Hospital postoperative medical and nursing care. Adjustment of the needs for your antidiabetic medications
For how many days?
For 2-3 days.
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Post-operative follow up period
Evaluation of your health at 1 month after the surgery.
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by your Diabetes Care Provider
By whom is it conducted?
The preferred option is: by your Diabetes Care Provider Alternatively: by our Diabetes Care Provider
How is it conducted?
The Diabetes Care Provider involved to the process, will provide us with information about your health history and your clinical examination by filling in a special "diabetes surgery form".
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by our Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
By whom is it conducted?
By our Diabetes surgery Surgeon
What does the assessment include?
It includes Information about gastrointestinal issues or other problems that may have arisen after your surgery. It can also take place online.
Paraclinical Examinations
Which tests are included?
Blood tests
By whom are they performed?
You can do all the tests in your area.
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Post-operative follow up period
Evaluation of your health at 3 months after the surgery.
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by your Diabetes Care Provider
By whom is it conducted?
The preferred option is: by your Diabetes Care Provider Alternatively: by our Diabetes Care Provider
How is it conducted?
The Diabetes Care Provider involved to the process, will provide us with information about your health history and your clinical examination by filling in a special "diabetes surgery form".
Paraclinical Examinations
Which tests are included?
Blood tests
By whom are they performed?
You can do all the tests in your area.
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Post-operative follow up period
Evaluation of your health at 6 months after the surgery.
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by your Diabetes Care Provider
By whom is it conducted?
The preferred option is: by your Diabetes Care Provider Alternatively: by our Diabetes Care Provider
How is it conducted?
The Diabetes Care Provider involved to the process, will provide us with information about your health history and your clinical examination by filling in a special "diabetes surgery form".
Paraclinical Examinations
Which tests are included?
Blood tests
By whom are they performed?
You can do all the tests in your area.
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Post-operative follow up period
Evaluation of your health at 12 months after the surgery.
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by your Diabetes Care Provider
By whom is it conducted?
The preferred option is: by your Diabetes Care Provider Alternatively: by our Diabetes Care Provider
How is it conducted?
The Diabetes Care Provider involved to the process, will provide us with information about your health history and your clinical examination by filling in a special "diabetes surgery form".
Diabetes Surgery Assessment by our Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
By whom is it conducted?
Βy our Diabetes surgery Surgeon
What does the assessment include?
It includes Information about gastrointestinal issues or other problems that may have arisen after your surgery. It can also take place online.
Paraclinical Examinations
Which tests are included?
It includes: blood tests, gastroscopy, bone density scan, ultrasound liver elastography, body composition/ body fat percentage, measurement of physical activity and measurement of specific hormones after two stimulation tests.
By whom are they performed?
You can do all the tests in your area. Alternatively, we can guide you. The only test that requires your presence at our center is the measurement of specific hormones after the two stimulation tests.
The self-report questionnaires
What do they involve?
Hypoglycemic symptoms, food frequency, food tolerance, eating patterns, psychological distress, diabetes-related symptoms, self-reported physical activity, diabetes treatment satisfaction, binge eating severity.
How are they completed?
We can send you the questionnaires online.