Previous surgery

I was reading through some of the profiles and one lady said that her friend could not have surgery because she had had previous surgery. I have had a hysterectomy and a bowel blockage, does anyone have any ideas whether it would cause problems in getting approved? I was just curious and do not want to get hopes up.

Shelia: When I spoke the nurse at Dr. Stellatos office she asked about previous surgeries and I told her about my hesterectomy and she didn't say anything. I am not sure if she does any of the screening, but she didn't seemed alarmed at all. Good luck

Almost every patient I operate on has had some sort of previous surgery. Unless you've actually had surgery on your stomach specifically, it shouldn't be a problem. Dr. C The Deaconess Surgical Weight Loss Center Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. C. have you been to MSNBC.com? I was amazed at the amount of WL and wls information there was there. Tons of links and graphs. I did a search on bariatric surgery. PJ Everson