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يرجى ملاحظة أن الجدول الزمني للشفاء لكل مريض قد يختلف بناءً على حالتهم الصحية الفردية وقدرات الجسم على الشفاء.
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longer if combined procedures are done."},"initial_assessment_documents":["Front, side and back photos of the trunk","Bariatric surgery operative report or discharge summary","Current medication list including blood thinners","Recent blood test results (CBC)","Previous abdominal surgery reports and scar photos"],"travel_trips":{"min":1,"max":1,"one_trip_possible":true,"qualifier":"Single-stage surgery; stay abroad about 10-14 days covering 2-4 hospital nights, first check and drain removal."}}},"hrefLanguages":[{"rel":"alternate","hreflang":"ru","language":"ru","href":"https://ru.bookimed.com/clinics/country=dominikanskaya-respublika/procedure=poasnaa-lipektomia/"}],"offerFilters":{"offer_count":0,"price_filter":{"from":0,"to":0,"avg":0}},"rendersOffersList":false}