Tag: Weight Loss Surgery and Bariatric

Patients use fewer lipid-lowering, cardiovascular, and antidiabetic medications after bariatric surgery versus patients not undergoing surgery

Bariatric-metabolic surgery more effective than lifestyle modification plus best medical care

Prevalence rates lower for de novo breast cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer

Reductions in strength and trabecular BMD associated with reductions in BMI, visceral adipose tissue, muscle

Improvement seen in peripheral neuropathy, while cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and retinopathy were stable

Greatest increases in concern seen among Black and Hispanic adults

Proportion with GERD symptoms increased with time after single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy

Benefits seen for obesity, type 2 diabetes and related comorbidities, in addition to improvement in patients' quality of life and eating behavior

Patient outcomes, including surgical and follow-up, were similar to in-person evaluation

Both women and men had significantly lower mortality, but suicide risk increased, mainly in those aged 18 to 34 years