Do Mandated Weight Loss Goals Prior to Bariatric Surgery Improve Postoperative Outcomes?
Sara MonfaredDimitrios I AthanasiadisAlvin FuriyaAnnabelle ButlerDon SelzerWilliam HilgendorfAmbar BanerjeeDimitrios StefanidisPublished in: Obesity surgery (2021)
WLG group did not have decreased perioperative morbidity, nor improved weight loss and comorbidity resolution 4 years after surgery. While these findings should also be confirmed by multicenter trials, they question the value of mandated WLG prior to bariatric surgery as they seem ineffective and may limit patient access to surgery.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- patients undergoing
- obese patients
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- minimally invasive
- glycemic control
- coronary artery bypass
- case report
- cardiac surgery
- single molecule
- cross sectional
- weight gain
- surgical site infection
- type diabetes
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute kidney injury
- coronary artery disease
- double blind
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- atrial fibrillation