My surgeon puts everyone on a liquid/protein type diet 2 weeks before surgery to shrink the liver. Lap work is done under the liver so the surgeon has to flip it up and the bigger the liver, the more chance for complicaitons. He said it is amazing how much a liver can shrink after 2 weeks of dieting.
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Julie
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RNY LAP April 18, 2005
Michigan
Randall Baker MMPC Center of Excellence
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