Gastroenterological and psychological characteristics of patients seeking bariatric surgery

Abstract

This original article discusses the main concomitant diseases and psychological problems of patients with morbid obesity seeking help from bariatric (metabolic) surgeons. The study was conducted on the basis of St. Petersburg State Medical University n. a. I. P. Pavlov, it was the most voluminous laboratory-instrumental and psychological examination, on the basis of which a peculiar portrait of a Russian patient with morbid obesity was compiled. Gastroenterological symptoms were predominant in patients with morbid obesity. Heartburn was the most common complaint. Non-erosive reflux disease was diagnosed in 35.0 % of patients, erosive esophagitis in 20.5 %, hiatal hernia of the 1st degree in 41.2 %, of the 2nd degree in 32.3 % of patients.