Why the study?
What clinical factors are associated with the remission of obesity-related comorbidities after bariatric surgery?
Population
33,718 patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or adjustable gastric banding identified in the…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
18 months
Authors
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May inform bariatric procedure selection; leaves open optimal patient stratification pending prospective validation.
What clinical factors are associated with the remission of obesity-related comorbidities after bariatric surgery?
Bariatric surgery leads to significant remission of obesity-related comorbidities, with RYGB being more effective than AGB, and specific preoperative factors like medication use strongly predicting the likelihood of remission.
Hatoum et al. (2015) studied this question.
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