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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mitchell, J E
• Lancaster, K L
• Burgard, M A
• Howell, L M
• Krahn, D D
• Crosby, R D
• Wonderlich, S A
• Gosnell, B A

Titel

Long-term follow-up of patients' status after gastric bypass

Ist Teil von

• Obesity surgery, 2001-08, Vol.11 (4), p.464-468

Ort / Verlag

United States: Springer Nature B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

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Quelle

SpringerLINK Contemporary (Konsortium Baden-Württemberg)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We report a long-term (13-15 year) follow-up of a cohort of 100 patients who underwent gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Sources of information include baseline data collected before surgery and information obtained at follow-up interview including data on weight history, psychosocial functioning, and medical complications. Mean age at follow-up was 56.8 years. The mean weight loss at long-term follow-up was 29.5 kg (range -13.6 to 93.6 kg). Three subjects weighed more at long-term follow-up than before the operation. Overall, 74% of those interviewed indicated that the gastric bypass had benefited them in terms of their physical health. However, 68.8% reported continued problems with vomiting and 42.7% with "plugging". Eight had died. The findings in this study suggest that at long-term follow-up the majority of individuals who have undergone gastric bypass feel that the procedure benefited them, although some complications including difficulties with "plugging" and vomiting were present at long-term follow-up.