Urinary Incontinence Before and After Bariatric Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Among women and men with severe obesity, evidence for improvement in urinary incontinence beyond the first year after bariatric surgery-induced weight loss is lacking.

Objectives

To examine change in urinary incontinence before and after bariatric surgery and to identify factors associated with improvement and remission among women and men in the first 3 years after bariatric surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery 2 is an observational cohort study at 10 US hospitals in 6 geographically diverse clinical centers. Participants were recruited between February 21, 2005, and February 17, 2009. Adults undergoing first-time bariatric surgical procedures as part of clinical care by participating surgeons between

SUBMITTER: Subak LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4529061 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature