With obesity treatments, one of the most important components is the commitment to follow-up. We look forward to working with you in reaching and maintaining your health goals. Compliance to a follow-up scheduled with obesity surgeons or physicians is very important. Regular follow up visits are essential to evaluating your health and instrumental in achieving your weight loss goals. During visits, obesity surgeons will evaluate your compliance with lifestyle changes and validate progress after your obesity treatments.
Your required follow-up visit pattern after obesity surgery is as follows:
- Five to seven days- initial post-operative evaluation
- One month- physician evaluation; psychological and nutritional follow up as needed
- Three months- assessment of diet, compliance with vitamins and exercise; psychological follow up as needed
- Six months- physician evaluation and blood work
- Nine months- assessment of diet, compliance with vitamins and exercise
- Twelve months- physician evaluation and yearly blood work
- Yearly for life- physician evaluation and blood work.
Missing office visits could compromise the outcomes of your obesity surgery. Long-term follow-up care by an obesity surgeon is mandatory for success of your obesity treatments.
