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This key document page covers nutrition and hydration requirements of adult patients following bariatric surgery and is for use by all healthcare professionals looking after adult inpatients that have undergone bariatric surgery.
This key document page discusses the post-operative management of the bariatric surgery patient.
This key document page focuses on the two operations performed in Worcestershire Royal Hospital-Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass.
Patients generally stay in hospital 2 nights post bariatric surgery. They are admitted to the Theatre Admission Unit on the day of surgery and generally move to Beech Surgical Unit.