منابع مشابه
Comparison of public and private bariatric surgery services in Canada.
BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of obesity is cost-effective and improves life expectancy. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and adjustable gastric banding (AGB) are dominant surgical techniques, but RYGB is the only publicly insured procedure in all Canadian provinces. Private clinics currently offer AGB with minimal wait times. We sought to compare RYGB in public facilities with AGB in private cl...
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BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery helps significantly in weight loss. Little is known whether the change in body shape and size is enough to meet the expectations created preoperatively. AIM To evaluate the different perceptions of body size and shape before and after bariatric surgery. METHOD A total of 423 patients were evaluated by Nine-figure Outline Scale. Of these, 32% were pre-surgery (Pr...
متن کاملBariatric surgery.
Bariatric surgery is a growing segment of minimally invasive surgery. Laparoscopic bariatric procedures are considered some of the most technically challenging surgeries, requiring advanced surgical skills. Successful care of the morbidly obese patient requires a multidisciplinary team approach. These unique requirements are difficult to meet during residency and surgeons interested in bariatri...
متن کاملBariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are obese. Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch (gastric bypas...
متن کاملPrioritising patients for bariatric surgery: building public preferences from a discrete choice experiment into public policy
OBJECTIVES To derive priority weights for access to bariatric surgery for obese adults, from the perspective of the public. SETTING Australian public hospital system. PARTICIPANTS Adults (N=1994), reflecting the age and gender distribution of Queensland and South Australia. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES A discrete choice experiment in which respondents indicated which of two indi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Medical Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0379-5284,1658-3175
DOI: 10.15537/smj.2019.4.24050