What is bariatric surgery? ; Bariatric surgical procedures are an option for treating severe obesity, by reducing intake or absorption of calories. There are various options, all of which have potential complications. A 2014 Cochrane review concluded that surgery results in greater improvement in weight loss outcomes and weight-associated comorbidities compared with non-surgical interventions, regardless of the type of procedures used.1 · One meta-analysis at 10 or more years and a single-centre study of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding ...
Eligibility and guidelines Historically, eligibility for bariatric surgery was defined as a BMI greater than 40, or a BMI more than 35 with an obesity-associated comorbidity, as based on...
Bariatric surgery allows people with morbid obesity to achieve lasting weight loss. It can also induce remission of diabetes mellitus and other metabolic syndromes.
As the BMI cut-offs for indication of bariatric surgery have decreased, it would be important that future investigations include patients across all BMI classes, and especially those with...
Bariatric surgery is a weight-loss option for people who struggle with severe obesity, but it’s not for everyone. Doctors use specific guidelines to decide if someone is a good candidate for this t...
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21, 2022 – Two of the world’s leading authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse metabolic surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes beginning at a body mass index (BMI) of 30, a measure of body fat based on a person’s height and weight and one of several important screening criteria for surgery. ...
At baseline, the mean (±SD) age of the 134 patients was 49±8 years, 66% were women, the mean glycated hemoglobin level was 9.2±1.5%, and the mean BMI was 37±3.5. At 5 years, the criterion for the primary end point was met by 2 of 38 patients (5%) who received medical therapy alone, as compared with 14 of 49 patients (29%) who underwent gastric bypass (unadjusted P=0.01, adjusted P=0.03, P=0.08 in the intention-to-treat analysis) and 11 of 47 patients (23%) who underwent sleeve gastrectom...
Abstract ; Background : Obesity is associated with increased mortality. Weight loss improves cardiovascular risk factors, but no prospective interventional studies have reported whether weight loss decreases overall mortality. In fact, many observational studies suggest that weight reduction is associated with increased mortality. Methods : The prospective, controlled Swedish Obese Subjects study involved 4047 obese subjects. Of these subjects, 2010 underwent bariatric surgery (surgery group) an...