Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Bariatric surgery induces significant weight loss for severely obese patients, but there is limited evidence of the durability of weight loss compared with nonsurgical matches and across bariatric procedures.

Objectives

To examine 10-year weight change in a large, multisite, clinical cohort of veterans who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) compared with nonsurgical matches and the 4-year weight change in veterans who underwent RYGB, adjustable gastric banding (AGB), or sleeve gastrectomy (SG).

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, differences in weight change up to 10 years after surgery were estimated in retrospective cohorts of 1787 veterans who underwent RYGB from January 1, 2000, through September 30, 2011 (573 of 700 eligible

SUBMITTER: Maciejewski ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5112115 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature