Prediction of Long-term Outcome after Gastric Bypass Surgery

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 439 - 445
• Main Authors: Lanyon, Richard I., Maxwell, Barbara M., Kraft, Amy J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer New York 01.04.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Body Mass Index; Clinical outcomes; Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology; Female; Gastric Bypass; Gastrointestinal surgery; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid - psychology; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Research Article; Surgery; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Weight control; Weight Loss; Long-term outcome; Gastric bypass

Background To investigate the predictability and sustainability of weight loss in gastric bypass (GBP) surgery after the first year, we conducted a 3-year follow-up of patients who had already been comprehensively studied preoperatively and after 1 year. Methods Preoperative data had been obtained f...