BLOOD WORK

Nutritional Monitoring

Nutritional monitoring is essential following bariatric surgery to ensure that patients don’t develop nutritional problems in the long-term. It should not be assumed that abnormal blood results are always directly related to the surgery itself, as there are many factors that can affect blood work results.

We are including the recommended blood tests and when to do them depending on the surgery.

Bypass and Duodenal Switch Patients:

**Blood work on the 3rd, 6th, 12th, 18th month post op and then every year:

• Blood Chemistry (all elements, including electrolytes)
• Complete blood count

**Blood work on the 3rd month post op and then every year:

• Vitamin A, B12, D
• Minerals (if they are not included on the blood chemistry): Zinc, Magnesium, Calcium, phosphorus.
• Hepatic Function.
• Renal Function.

*Note: If a vitamin is low, nutrition must be modified and take the vitamin blood test again 3 months after.

Gastric Sleeve and Lap Band Patients:

**Blood work on the 3rd and 6th month post op and then every year:

• Blood Chemistry (all elements, including electrolytes)
• Complete blood count

**Blood work on the 3rd month post op and then every year:

• Vitamin A , B12, D
• Minerals (if they are not included on the blood chemistry): Zinc, Magnesio, Calcium, Phosphorus.
• Hepatic Function.
• Renal Function.

*Note: If a vitamin is low, nutrition must be modified and take the vitamin blood test again 3 months after.

IMPORTANT

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• Schedule and Surgical Process
• Pre-Op Bariatric Diet
• Post-Op Bariatric Diet
• Post-Surgical Instructions
• Bariatric Surgery Tips

Safe Hands

ALO Bariatrics provides quality treatment, delivered by quality health professionals, in a quality environment. We recognize that no two patients are the same and take great pride in working with each individual to ensure the best possible results are achieved.

This pursuit of excellence is driven by a high caliber team of healthcare professionals. Chief surgeon Dr. Alejandro López has carried out in excess of 5,000 weight loss surgery procedures to date and has researched and published on many areas of weight loss surgery and obesity.

The whole multi-disciplinary weight loss team carries years of experience in obesity and weight management. This kind of know-how is hard to match and is one of the reasons we are able to offer our clients the right kind of treatment to achieve the best level of weight loss and gain the largest health benefits.