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Note:  These prices include what is listed below each surgery.  You will require private nursing in the hospital during your stay and the surgeon may recommend you continue with their accompaniment of you after being discharged back to your hotel.  There are also your post op meds to consider, whether or not you are performing your pre-op tests in the USA or in Brazil, and a pre-op test for embolism that will be performed as soon as you arrive in Brazil.  A Medical Basics Package Plan will be recommended for you once you receive your evaluation from the surgeon and your estimated in-country 24/7 Concierge support and Medical transportation will be quoted for you as well. 

If you have to be re-admitted to the hospital for any reason while you are still in Brazil, there will be no charge for the surgeon’s fees but you will be responsible for the incurred hospital charges.

 

VERTICAL GASTRECTOMY (VG) US$12,500 (LAP) US$10,500 (OPEN)

Price includes: up to 3 nights in hospital, all materials and medications administered during hospital stay, anesthesiologist, surgical team, surgeon’s fees, staples, sutures, all pertinent surgical materials.  Also includes your Psychological and Nutritional Evaluations in Brazil and of course, accompaniment (via email or phone) by the surgeon in the important post-op period once you return home.  Also called Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, Greater Curvature Gastrectomy, Parietal Gastrectomy, Gastric Reduction and even Vertical Gastroplasty) is performed by approximately 15 surgeons worldwide. It generates weight loss by restricting the amount of food that can be eaten (removal of stomach or vertical gastrectomy) without any bypass of the intestines or malabsorption. The stomach pouch is usually made smaller than the pouch used in the Duodenal Switch, but it is essentially the first part of the Duodenal Switch (DS). Please see for more info on this particular procedure and its pros and cons.

ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS (RNY) US$13,000 (LAP) US$10,000 (OPEN)

Price includes: up to 3 nights in hospital, all materials and medications administered during hospital stay, anesthesiologist, surgical team, surgeon’s fees, staples, sutures, all pertinent surgical materials.  Also includes your Psychological and Nutritional Evaluations in Brazil and of course, accompaniment (via email or phone) by the surgeon in the important post-op period once you return home.  This operation is the most common combined procedure in the United States. First, the surgeon creates a small stomach pouch to restrict food intake. Next, a Y-shaped section of the small intestine is attached to the pouch to allow food to bypass the lower stomach, the duodenum (the first segment of the small intestine), and the first portion of the jejunum (the second segment of the small intestine). This reduces the amount of calories and nutrients the body absorbs. Rarely, a cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal) is performed to avoid the gallstones that may result from rapid weight loss. More commonly, patients take medication after the operation to dissolve gallstones. Please see for more info on this particular procedure and its pros and cons.

DUODENAL SWITCH (BPD/DS) US$15,500 (LAP) US$12,500 (OPEN)

Price includes: up to 3 nights in hospital, all materials and medications administered during hospital stay, anesthesiologist, surgical team, surgeon’s fees, staples, sutures, all pertinent surgical materials.  Also includes your Psychological and Nutritional Evaluations in Brazil and of course, accompaniment (via email or phone) by the surgeon in the important post-op period once you return home.  Also called vertical gastrectomy with duodenal switch, biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, DS or BPD-DS) is performed by approximately 50 surgeons worldwide. It generates weight loss by restricting the amount of food that can be eaten (partial gastrectomy (i.e., vertical gastrectomy, see above) and by limiting the amount of food (specifically fat) that is absorbed into the body (intestinal bypass or duodenal switch). It is more controversial because it has a significant component of malabsorption (bypass of the intestinal tract), which seems to provide greater overall weight loss (than the RNY for example) and help maintain long-term weight loss. Of the procedures currently performed for the treatment of obesity, it has some powerful and effective components. Due to concerns of possible long-term effects of malabsorption and the technical difficulty involved with this procedure, few surgeons perform this surgery.  Many insurance companies will not pay for this procedure if the RNY is available.

REVISIONAL SURGERIES

LAP BAND/VBG TO DUODENAL SWITCH/BPD DS US$16,500  (LAP) US$13,500 (OPEN) FAILURE OF DISTAL RNY WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF POUCH AND LAP DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS US$15,000  (LAP) US$13,000 (OPEN) DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS ONLY US$11,000 (LAP) US$9000  (OPEN) Need something else?  Please inquire with us at info@mednetbrazil.com