Nutritional consultations frequency after bariatric surgery

With the growth of surgical interventions to reduce obesity, there is a necessity of a periodic nutritional attendance at long term to ensure the nutritional status of the patients. To assess the adherence to the periodic nutritional attendance of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Data were col...

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Published inArquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery Vol. 26; no. 2; p. 117
Main Authors Menegotto, Ana Luiza Savaris, Cruz, Magda Rosa Ramos, Soares, Fernando Lucas, Nunes, Mario Gilberto Jesus, Branco-Filho, Alcides José
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Brazil 01.06.2013
Subjects
Adult
Bariatric Surgery
Female
Humans
Male
Nutrition Assessment
Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:With the growth of surgical interventions to reduce obesity, there is a necessity of a periodic nutritional attendance at long term to ensure the nutritional status of the patients. To assess the adherence to the periodic nutritional attendance of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Data were collected from registration forms of a nutrition service from patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2001 and 2008. Were evaluated 469 registration forms, of which 83% corresponded to female and 16.8% to male, with a mean age of 38.2 ± 12.03 years. The attendance showed an average of 2.04 ± 0.77 pre-operatively queries and 3.4 ± 9.19 post-operative queries and there was progressive reduction in assiduity of these patients in surgical follow-up. There was a high dropout of the patients in post-operative nutritional attendance, being primarily concerned about the high dropout after two years of surgery; this tendency may result in metabolic complications and regain of lost weight.
ISSN:2317-6326
DOI:10.1590/S0102-67202013000200009