Surgery and Obesity
Obesity surgery and risk of colorectal and other obesity-related cancers: An English population-based cohort study
... cancer-related surgery as all cancer diagnoses oc- curring within one year after the diagnosis of obesity were excluded and the SIR was signi fi cantly above unity even in the obese no OS ...
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Expectations and patients’ experiences of obesity prior to bariatric surgery: a qualitative study
... of obesity were reported as major factors to patients accessing baria- tric surgery ...their obesity, which often led to social ...for surgery. However, unrealistic expectations of ...
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Expectations and patients' experiences of obesity prior to bariatric surgery: a qualitative study.
... bariatric surgery patient ...bariatric surgery in England. The fi ndings indicate the extent of obesity-related distress experienced in life prior to bariatric ...for surgery, and exten- sive ...
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Economic considerations for bariatric surgery and morbid obesity
... to obesity, the metabolic syndrome, comprises high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, diabetes or glucose intolerance, respiratory difficulties, cardiovascular difficulties, and an increased ...
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Bariatric Surgery for Severe Obesity in Two Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
... current obesity epidemic it may become increasingly dif fi cult to correctly diagnose ...Before surgery, the diabetes type should be con fi rmed with islet cell autoantibodies to determine optimal ...major ...
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Techniques, assessment, and effectiveness of bariatric surgery in combating obesity
... Abstract: Obesity is an epidemic disease, and its prevalence is predicted to rise in the ...with obesity. Nowadays, bariatric surgery is the only effective treatment for severe ...of ...
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Fuzzy obesity index (MAFOI) for obesity evaluation and bariatric surgery indication
... Fuzzy Obesity Index (MAFOI) for being used as an alternative in bariatric surgery indication (BSI) is validated in this ...evaluate obesity and to indicate a better treatment is important in the ...
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Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Pediatric Patients With Severe Obesity
... bariatric surgery in the treatment of severe obesity was fi rst described in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the adult population and led to the establishment of formalized clinical guidelines in the 1990s ...
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The consequences of obesity on trauma, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care
... influence obesity imparts on the care of trauma and emer- gency surgery ...injuries, obesity seems to impart an adverse effect on outcomes after ...injury. Obesity presents a diagnostic ...
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Hypothalamic Obesity following Craniopharyngioma Surgery: Results of a Pilot Trial of Combined Diazoxide and Metformin Therapy
... An open-label, 6-month duration, pilot treatment trial of combined diazoxide-metformin treatment was employed in children with obesity following craniopharyngioma surgery. Forty-six children under the age ...
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The link between obesity and vitamin D in bariatric patients with omega loop gastric bypass surgery a vitamin D supplementation trial to compare the efficacy of postoperative cholecalciferol loading (LOAD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... loss surgery as a way to treat obesity and (pre)diabetes success- fully ...Bariatric surgery is associated with effective and long-term weight loss in morbidly obese patients and decreases overall ...
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'I'd kill anyone who tried to take my band away' : obesity surgery, critical fat politics and the 'problem' of patient demand
... systems, obesity surgery is premised on the certain conviction that fatness causes (expensive) ill health, and that weight loss is the necessary and urgent ‘cure’ (James, Leach et ...on obesity ...
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Improved thyroid hypoechogenicity following bariatric induced weight loss in euthyroid adults with severe obesity—a pilot study
... The small sample size of our cohort is a limitation. However, this pilot study was performed to guide future larger studies in this field and, indeed, was able to address our primary objective by detecting significant ...
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Obesity and statins are both independent predictors of enhanced coronary arteriolar dilation in patients undergoing heart surgery
... in obesity in order to meet the increased metabolic needs in the diseased heart ...in obesity is a consequence of pharma- cologic agents having beneficial effects on coronary dila- tor ...of obesity ...
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Using electronic health records to quantify and stratify the severity of type 2 diabetes in primary care in England: rationale and cohort study design
... In these studies, approaches used to define diabetes severity included: comparing T2DM severity, before and after obesity surgery;35 examining the association between diabetes severity a[r] ...
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The effect of obesity on clinical and economic outcomes in robotic endometrial cancer surgery
... laparoscopic surgery for primary endometrial cancer between obese and nonobese ...robotic surgery for endometrial cancer in 54 ...but obesity was the only independent vari- ...primary surgery ...
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Preoperative hospital length of stay as a modifiable risk factor for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
... glucose levels have been found to be associated with a pro-inflammatory process leading to increased suscepti- bility to infection as well as organ dysfunction [22]. In this study, COPD increased the risk of ...
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A Dutch Nationwide Bariatric Quality Registry: DATO
... Bariatric surgery has already been proven as the only long- term effective treatment option for morbid obesity in terms of weight loss and comorbidities reduction [1 – ...bariatric surgery, showing ...
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A Study of Relationship between Body Mass Index and Short Term Outcome of Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
... Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death in the industrialized wo rld. Obesity is one of the risk factor for developing CAD and a lso postoperative morbid ity and mortality. However, in ...
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Past, present, and future: Critical analysis of use of gastric bands in obese patients
... bariatric surgery around the world is the equitable results in weight loss without the morbidity of the laparo- scopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...in obesity-related medical illnesses, and improvement in ...
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