Dr. Mona Misra on Side Effects

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Dr. Misra is a surgeon at the Weight Loss Center at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and has performed more than 5,000 bariatric, advanced laparoscopic and endoscopic surgical procedures. She has presented her research findings at numerous national and international meetings on advanced laparoscopic techniques and metabolic surgery. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Misra was a surgeon and an assistant professor at Canada’s McMaster University. She talks about how there are good candidates and great candidates for surgery and then there are patients that are not prepared for surgery at that moment in time. She discusses the pros and cons of all three bariatric surgical procedures and takes the viewer through the post-surgical side effects associated with each.

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ContributorDr. Mona MisraRead Full Bio

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Dr. Misra is a surgeon at the Weight Loss Center at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and has performed more than 5,000 bariatric, advanced laparoscopic and endoscopic surgical procedures. She has presented her research findings at numerous national and international meetings on advanced laparoscopic techniques and metabolic surgery. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Misra was a surgeon and an assistant professor at Canada’s McMaster University. She talks about how there are good candidates and great candidates for surgery and then there are patients that are not prepared for surgery at that moment in time. She discusses the pros and cons of all three bariatric surgical procedures and takes the viewer through the post-surgical side effects associated with each.

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Dr. Misra talks about some of the most prominent side effects from bariatric surgery such as the dumping syndrome. Hair loss is a big one for women. As she say’s “hair grows in phases and what happens is your body kind of realizes that the other organs are very important.  You've suddenly lost 50 pounds; it doesn't totally understand why. For some people it's pretty significant.  Over time, though, it typically does come back.” She also discusses how female hormones are dramatically impacted by extreme weight loss and why it is important for women even if they’re close to menopause need to go on birth control for up to two years after surgery.

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