BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery leaks can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic placement of self-expandable stents (SESs) is emerging as a less-invasive alternative to surgery for the treatment of leaks. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the success of SESs in the treatment of bariatric surgery leaks. DESIGN Studies using SESs in the management of bariatric surgery leaks were selected...

INTRODUCTION Obesity is one of the major lifestyle diseases and provokes various comorbidities, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, and even neoplasms. Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment of obesity. Since cost-effectiveness has become a major concern, there is a tendency to avoid general histological evaluation of surgical specimens during rou...

BACKGROUND Physical activity (PA) seems to be important for long-term weight loss after bariatric surgery; however, studies provide evidence for insufficient PA levels in bariatric patients. Research found self-efficacy to be associated with PA and weight bias internalization, for which an influence on mental and physical health has been shown in recent studies. The purpose of the present study...

OBJECTIVE Adolescents with extreme obesity, who have undergone bariatric surgery, must adhere to many lifestyle and nutritional recommendations, including multivitamin therapy. Little is known about multivitamin adherence following adolescent bariatric surgery. DESIGN AND METHODS The present study aims to document self-reported and electronically-monitored adherence to multivitamins, determin...

IMPORTANCE To our knowledge, an observational study on the remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) after different types of bariatric surgery based on data from general practice has not been carried out. OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of different types of bariatric surgery in patients with T2DM on diabetes remission compared with matched control patients, and the effect of the type of b...

OBJECTIVE This study tested the hypothesis that weight-reduction (bariatric) surgery reduces long-term mortality in morbidly obese patients. BACKGROUND Obesity is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The impact of surgically induced, long-term weight loss on this mortality is unknown. METHODS We used an observational 2-cohort study. The treatment cohort (n = 1035) included patien...

Bariatric surgical procedures are now a common method of obesity treatment with established effectiveness. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) events, which include deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, are an important source of postoperative morbidity and mortality among bariatric surgery patients. Due to an understanding of the frequency and seriousness of these complications, bariatric surg...

Background: There is a significant burden of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in patients living with severe and complex obesity undergoing pre-bariatric surgery assessment. This longitudinal observational study evaluated the hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) this cohort therapeutic compliance commenced on positive airway pressure treatment.

IMPORTANCE Bariatric surgery is a well-documented treatment for obesity, but there are uncertainties about the degree to which such surgery is associated with health care cost reductions that are sustained over time. OBJECTIVE To provide a comprehensive, multiyear analysis of health care costs by type of procedure within a large cohort of privately insured persons who underwent bariatric surg...

OBJECTIVES To assess the long-term effect of bariatric surgery on the incidence of gout and hyperuricaemia in participants of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. METHODS This report includes 1982 subjects who underwent bariatric surgery and 1999 obese controls from the SOS study, a prospective intervention trial designed to assess the effect of bariatric surgery compared with conventional...