Suicides following bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity

• Published in: Surgery for obesity and related diseases Vol. 1; no. 4; pp. 447 - 449
• Main Authors: Omalu, Bennet I., Cho, Patrick, Shakir, Abdulrezak M., Agumadu, Uche H., Rozin, Leon, Kuller, Lewis H., Wecht, Cyril H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Bariatric surgery; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Female; Gastric Bypass - psychology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity, Morbid - psychology; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Suicide; Suicide; Obesity; Bariatric surgery

The proportion of the United States population living with bariatric surgery has increased exponentially since the mid 1990s. It is pertinent to study and understand the mortality patterns of this emergent population cohort and determine the role bariatric surgery may play in these mortality pattern...