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How long will I stay in the hospital after metabolic surgery?

Melissa B. Bagloo, MD
Melissa B. Bagloo, MD on behalf of Columbia University Department of Surgery
Bariatric Medicine
Given that metabolic surgery is performed laparoscopically,  patients are usually in the hospital for only one to two days.  You are able to walk the very same and most equate the pain they have to abdominal exercises; there is some soreness on the abdominal wall that is well controlled with medications.

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