Gastrointestinal symptoms in relation to quality of life after metabolic surgery in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent obesity is associated with significant co-morbidities, including decreased quality of life (QOL). QOL improves after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), but recent studies have demonstrated that certain gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) worsen after surgery, including reflux symptoms, nausea, bloating, and diarrhea.

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL and the effect of these symptoms on QOL after bariatric surgery.

Setting

Five academic centers that perform adolescent MBS in the United States.

Methods

We prospectively studied 228 adolescents undergoing MBS using the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery cohort. GIS and QOL scores were assessed before surgery, at 6 months, and yearly to 5 years after surgery. An

SUBMITTER: Dewberry L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature