Duodenal Switch Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of duodenal switch surgery in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for duodenal switch surgery in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for duodenal switch surgery, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Dietitian support
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A duodenal switch combines a sleeve gastrectomy with a bypass of most of the small bowel, giving the greatest weight loss of the common bariatric operations but also the highest risk of nutrient deficiency.

A duodenal switch is normally kept for very high BMI or for a second operation after a sleeve, and ASMBS says it has among the strongest effects on weight and type 2 diabetes.

SADI-S is a simpler version with one bowel join, which ASMBS notes is newer and mainly supported by short-term results.

ASMBS notes the highest risk of malabsorption and nutrient deficiency of any bariatric operation, looser and more frequent stools and slightly higher complication rates, and NHS 111 Wales describes biliopancreatic diversion as higher risk and less common.

Lifelong supplements and blood tests are essential after either version.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance treats 24 hours after keyhole surgery as the earliest point, because gas used in the abdomen needs to clear, but wait until the wounds have been checked.

A Gurgaon quote for duodenal switch surgery is normally made up of these items:

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• Technique: classic or SADI-S.
• Timing: first operation or after a sleeve.
• Stay: a few days.
• Supplements: and blood tests for life.

Ask whether the Gurgaon bariatric package includes pre-surgery tests, dietitian and psychology reviews, the stay, supplements and first-year follow-up.

Weight-loss surgery in Gurgaon is usually run by a surgeon, dietitian and physician working together, so ask whether pre-surgery counselling and dietary follow-up are included.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Where a Gurgaon hospital has an international patient desk, ask whether it can issue the letter for your e-Medical visa and help with airport pickup, interpreters and a place to stay nearby.