Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Tehran Obesity Treatment Study (TOTS) Rationale and Study Design.

Maryam Barzin Farhad Hosseinpanah Mohammad Ali K Motamedi Parvin Shapoori Peyman Arian Maryam Alsadat Daneshpour Golaleh Asghari Ahmad Teymoornejad Ali Eslamifar Davood Khalili Behzad Jodeiri Shahram Alamdari Fereidoun Azizi Alireza Khalaj

Published in: JMIR research protocols (2016)

This study will ensure creation of high-level evidence to enable clinicians to make meaningful evidence-based decisions for patient evaluation, selection for surgery, and follow-up care.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
weight loss
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
type diabetes
palliative care
healthcare
weight gain
obese patients
clinical trial
adipose tissue
physical activity
quality improvement
body mass index
smoking cessation
replacement therapy