Key issues of perioperative management in bariatric and metabolic surgery / 中国实用外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Bariatric and metabolic surgery has gained its rapid development recently. However,their perioperative management remains special due to the complex nature of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Special attention regarding the perioperative management of bariatric and metabolic surgery includes preoperative diagnosis and differential diagnosis, management of obesity related preoperative comorbidities, preoperative and postoperative management. Preoperative weight loss could decrease the surgical difficulty and surgical related compilations.Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is relatively complicated. Meanwhile,measures regarding the deep venous thromboembolism prophylaxis are different in eastern and western countries.