Obesity has extensive health repercussions, and bariatric surgery remains a viable solution to address this issue. This article focuses on the preoperative and postoperative management strategies required to achieve successful and durable outcomes in bariatric surgery patients. Preoperative assessment includes appropriate patient selection, psychosocial evaluation, nutritional analysis, and behavioral/medical counseling. Postoperative assessment includes immediate perioperative care, diet transition, nutritional needs management, and handling of complications associated with bariatric surgery.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- patients undergoing
- obese patients
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- cardiac surgery
- health information
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- body mass index
- social media
- health insurance
- high fat diet induced