Pre-op liquid diet
Two-week (sometimes longer) high-protein liquid diet required before bariatric surgery. Purpose: shrink the liver to make surgery safer. Compliance is critical.
Which Procedures Involve Pre-op liquid diet?
Pre-op liquid diet appears in the following procedure guides on ProcedureFinder:
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pre-op liquid diet? +
Two-week (sometimes longer) high-protein liquid diet required before bariatric surgery. Purpose: shrink the liver to make surgery safer. Compliance is critical. On ProcedureFinder, Pre-op liquid diet appears in the Gastric Sleeve Surgery cost guide. Long-term clinical registries show 55-65 percent excess weight loss sustained at 5 years (50-55 percent at 10 years), durable type 2 diabetes resolution in 50-60 percent of cases, and significant reductions in cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.
How much does gastric sleeve surgery cost? +
Gastric Sleeve Surgery costs $9,500 to $25,000 per surgery (all-in) nationally, with a median of $16,000 in ProcedureFinder's cash-pay benchmarks. Laparoscopic removal of approximately 80 percent of the stomach to create a banana-shaped sleeve, restricting food intake and reducing hunger hormones.