What Are the Tests Done Before Weight Loss Surgery?

Navigating pre-surgery is quite tricky, there are certain things the weight loss surgeon needs to cross off their checklist to ensure a smooth operation. Dr. Choi explains what these diagnostic procedures are and what needs to be done if the results are not normal.

What Are the Tests Done Before Weight Loss Surgery?

Pre-surgery is also a little complicated but we will help you through a charter and navigate through the waters. What does that mean? Sometimes people who have hypertension and diabetes that come and present to my clinic, I like to get them stress tests and blood work. And in addition to that even if you don’t have any comorbidities I still like to get a blood work and EKG done. Why is that? So that we know that everything is normal prior to surgery. However, if a normal EKG and normal blood work are not normal and they become abnormal, then I like to get a stress test. The stress test will show that there are no blockages or there’s no problems with the conduction in the heart and therefore those are the main things that I like to get prior to surgery in order to see that you’re a great candidate to have weight loss surgery with us.