Sleeve gastrectomy — Care Abroad Around 80% of the stomach is removed to leave a much smaller, sleeve-shaped tube, under general anaesthetic and normally through keyhole incisions. The NHS puts the operation at one to three hours. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/procedure/gastric-sleeve/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 57K
Vilnius — Care Abroad A capital of 619,405 people in mid-2026, administered in twenty elderships, with the private clinics that take foreign patients in and around Naujamiestis and the streets north of the Old Town, and the large public… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/city/vilnius/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 224K
Healthcare Accreditation Institute — Care Abroad Thailand's national hospital accreditation body, a public organisation established by the Royal Decree on the Establishment of the Healthcare Accreditation Institute, B.E. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/org/thai-ha-institute/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Patient mobility — Care Abroad The European Union's word for patients receiving healthcare in a member state other than the one that insures them, and being reimbursed for it at home. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/patient-mobility/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
Medical visa — Care Abroad An entry permission issued for treatment. Some states run a dedicated class that names the hospital and admits a companion; others treat a patient arriving for surgery as an ordinary visitor. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/medical-visa/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 31K
Wooridul Spine Hospital — Care Abroad A single-specialty spine hospital in Cheongdam, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, founded in 1982 by the neurosurgeon Sang-Ho Lee and built entirely around the spine: neurosurgery, orthopaedics and rehabilitation medicine, and nothing… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/hospital/wooridul/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 235K
Getting your records out — Care Abroad The patient asks the home health system for a copy of their own file — imaging, operation notes, pathology, drug list — so that a clinician in another country can read it. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/step/getting-your-records/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The follow-up nobody books — Care Abroad The operation is bought in one country and its consequences are managed in another. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/story/the-follow-up-nobody-books/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 43K
Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism — Care Abroad A clot forms in a deep vein, usually in the leg, and part of it travels to the lung. Surgery raises the risk and long-haul flight raises it, and a patient who has both in the same fortnight carries both. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/risk/dvt-pe/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Joint Commission International — Care Abroad The international arm of the Joint Commission, the body that accredits hospitals in the United States. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/org/jci/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
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