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Weight loss surgery abroad, life-threatening complications at home

Holiday abroad, but don’t get weight loss surgery there. That’s the warning from medics who say they are encountering catastrophic and life-threatening complications in patients who’ve had bariatric surgery in Turkey. For more on this Shane was joined...

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07.43 24 May 2022


Weight loss surgery abroad, life-threatening complications at home


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07.43 24 May 2022


Holiday abroad, but don’t get weight loss surgery there.  That’s the warning from medics who say they are encountering catastrophic and life-threatening complications in patients who’ve had bariatric surgery in Turkey.

For more on this Shane was joined on the show this morning by Helen Heneghan a Consultant Bariatric Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital.

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