Tag: Weight Loss Surgery and Bariatric

Adults who underwent weight loss surgery between 2004 and 2017 had a reduced risk for severe outcomes

Similar decline in liver fat fraction seen for sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass from surgery to one-year follow-up

Risk for adverse liver and cardiovascular outcomes lower among patients with obesity and advanced fatty liver who undergo bariatric surgery

Among COVID-19-positive adults, outcomes better for those with prior bariatric surgery versus those eligible for bariatric surgery

30-day mortality rate increased fivefold in men versus women; overall mortality rate increased 2.7-fold

However, above 20 percent total weight loss, rates of initial diabetes remission do not increase substantially

Risk up for SGA and bleeding, but down for several other adverse perinatal outcomes with bariatric surgery for severe obesity before pregnancy

But having this discussion is associated with more weight loss and higher odds of bariatric surgery

Individuals undergoing RYGB or sleeve gastrectomy lost up to 20 percent of their initial BMI; many had remission from T2DM, HTN, hyperlipidemia

Pregnancy within 12 months linked to lower gestational age at delivery, lower gestational weight gain, lower neonatal birth weight