Expectations for Weight Loss and Willingness to Accept Risk Among Patients Seeking Weight Loss Surgery

Expectations for weight loss and willingness to accept risk among patients seeking weight loss surgery.

IMPORTANCE Weight loss surgery (WLS) has been shown to produce long-term weight loss but is not risk free or universally effective. The weight loss expectations and willingness to undergo perioperative risk among patients seeking WLS remain unknown. OBJECTIVES To examine the expectations and motivations of WLS patients and the mortality risks they are willing to undertake and to explore the d...

Weight Loss Expectations and Attrition in Treatment-Seeking Obese Women

OBJECTIVE The analysis of the relation between weight loss goals and attrition in the treatment of obesity has produced conflicting results. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of weight loss goals on attrition in a cohort of obese women seeking treatment at 8 Italian medical centres. METHODS 634 women with obesity, consecutively enrolled in weight loss programmes, were i...

Weight Loss Surgery Comparison

Outpatient Weight Loss Surgery: Initiating a Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding Ambulatory Weight Loss Surgery Center

BACKGROUND Ambulatory surgery or outpatient surgery is becoming increasingly common. In 2002, 63% of all operations performed in the United States were ambulatory procedures. Bariatric procedures performed in the United States have increased from 16,200 in 1992 to approximately 205,000 in 2007. In 2002, our center began offering laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) procedures on an out...

Preoperative psychological assessment of patients seeking weight-loss surgery: identifying challenges and solutions

Preoperative psychosocial assessment is the standard of care for patients seeking weight-loss surgery (WLS). However, the assessment procedure varies widely by surgery site. Comprehensive assessments can provide a wealth of information that assists both the patient and the treatment team, anticipate and prepare for challenges associated with extensive behavioral and lifestyle changes that are r...