Some Obese Gastric Bypass Patients Too Big for Imaging Devices

November 28, 2007

Morbidly obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery and then experience complications are often too big to undergo routine diagnostic tests.

For example, if a person weighs more than 350 lbs -- and is obviously at risk of heart disease -- that individual cannot receive a diagnostic angiography because the standard angiography table cannot support that much weight. And if a computer tomography scan is required and the patient weighs in excess of 450 lbs, that person, likewise will have to undergo risky open surgery because the scanning devices cannot handle that much weight.

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