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Bariatric Surgery and Osteoporosis

Calcified Tissue International, 2021
It has been increasingly acknowledged that bariatric surgery adversely affects skeletal health. After bariatric surgery, the extent of high-turnover bone loss is much greater than what would be expected in the absence of a severe skeletal insult. Patients also experience a significant deterioration in bone microarchitecture and strength. There is now a
Julien Paccou   +3 more
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Bariatric surgery

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2014
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Busetto, Luca   +5 more
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Bariatric Surgery

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006
Bariatric surgery is currently the only effective long-term treatment of morbid obesity and its related co-morbidities. Gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, and duodenal switch with biliopancreatic diversion are the three most common operations performed in the United States to induce sustained weight loss.
Michael Schweitzer   +2 more
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Bariatric Surgery

The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2004
At present, surgery is necessary to counter extreme obesity. The outcomes in bariatric surgery have improved steadily and today most co-morbidities in the massively overweight can be improved or even resolved by surgery. The procedures work in one of two ways; by restricting the patient's ability to eat or by interfering with the ingested nutrient ...
LaDonna D, McGohan, Annette J, Caflisch
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Benefits and Risks of Bariatric Surgery in Adults: A Review.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Severe obesity and its related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and sleep apnea, are very common in the United States, but currently very few patients with these conditions choose to undergo bariatric surgery ...
D. Arterburn   +3 more
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Complications in Bariatric Surgery

Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2021
Bariatric surgery represents the most valid option to treat the chronic disease of morbid obesity and all its related comorbid conditions with the purpose to increase life expectancy. Despite multiple recommendations of the different scientific societies, bariatric surgery remains worldwide largely underused.
Marius Nedelcu, Mariano Palermo
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Changes in Utilization of Bariatric Surgery in the United States From 1993 to 2016.

Annals of Surgery, 2020
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to obtain estimates of changes in perioperative outcomes and utilization of bariatric surgery in the United States from 1993 to 2016. BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery has evolved over the past 2 decades.
G. Campos   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bariatric surgery for adolescents

Pediatric Diabetes, 2012
Obesity is no longer just an adult disease. An increasing number of youth are overweight, defined as body mass index (BMI) at or greater than the 95th percentile for age (1). Between 2009 and 2010, 16.9% of children aged 2–19 yr were classified as overweight based on BMI (2), as compared with only 5% of children affected by obesity in 1976–1980 (3 ...
Todd M. Jenkins   +2 more
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