2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.01.006
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Safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery: Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery

Abstract: Background-Obesity is a leading health concern in the United States. Since traditional treatment approaches for weight loss are generally unsuccessful long-term 1 , bariatric surgical procedures are increasingly being performed to treat extreme obesity. To facilitate research in this field, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases responded to this knowledge gap by establishing the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) consortium.

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“…1 Multiple conditions or diseases have been shown to occur with increasing frequency with progressively severe obesity including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea and many others. 2 The relative risk for multiple cancers among the obese has been reported and recently confirmed. 3,4 Despite all preventive and therapeutic attempts, long-term maintenance of weight loss often fails.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…1 Multiple conditions or diseases have been shown to occur with increasing frequency with progressively severe obesity including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea and many others. 2 The relative risk for multiple cancers among the obese has been reported and recently confirmed. 3,4 Despite all preventive and therapeutic attempts, long-term maintenance of weight loss often fails.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Participants recorded the names and frequency of use of all prescribed medications taken currently using a study-specific medication form (17). Antidepressant medication use was defined as taking a medication classified as an antidepressant at least daily; antianxiety medication use was defined as taking a medication classified as an antianxiety or benzodiazepine at least daily; and psychiatric medication use was defined as use of antidepressant or antianxiety medication or a medication classified as norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, antimanic, CNS stimulant, dibenzodiazepine, dibenzothiazepine, or phenothiazine at least daily.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The current study was part of the LABS Consortium of studies, which have been described in detail (17). The initial LABS study, (LABS-1) involved 5,050 patients and examined the short-term safety of bariatric surgery (18).…”
Section: Design Setting and Participantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The overall risk of death and other adverse outcomes for bariatric surgery are well documented, 85,86 and the plea to have this surgery performed in high-volume accredited centres has likewise been heard. 87 However, a clear distinction between perioperative medical and surgical morbidity and mortality is made in only a few publications.…”
Section: Aspiration Pneumonia 1 Pneumoniamentioning
confidence: 99%