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This editorial introduces a series of papers on bariatric surgery, highlighting that adequate patient selection and understanding genetic polymorphisms may help optimize postoperative outcomes.
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This editorial highlights the importance of patient selection, including genetic screening, to optimize outcomes in bariatric and metabolic surgery.
We are very pleased to introduce a series of six individual papers addressing important areas in bariatric and metabolic surgery. Particularly, these papers highlight patient selection, preparation for surgery, and optimizing outcomes. The metabolic benefits of surgery are well established, but adequate patient selection can help realize better outcomes for our patient population. The first paper reviews the impact of inflammatory gene polymorphisms on bioelectrical parameters in obese subjects specifically looks at outcomes of singlenucleotide polymorphisms of IL-6 on body composition following the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. The authors have demonstrated that these polymorphisms lead to improved outcomes following bariatric surgery whereas gene-wide association and screening is not an accepted modality today; it certainly will be something that is easily and readily available for patients in the next few years and will be obtainable in a pharmaceutical store.
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Zundel et al. (2012) conducted an editorial in Obesity. Patient selection and genetic screening was evaluated. This editorial introduces a series of papers on bariatric surgery, highlighting that adequate patient selection and understanding genetic polymorphisms may help optimize postoperative outcomes.
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