Trends in mortality in bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

By H. Buchwald, R. Estok, K. Fahrbach, Deirdre K Banel, I. Sledge. Surgery, 2007

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Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Weight Loss at 5 Years Among Patients With Morbid Obesity: The SLEEVEPASS Randomized Clinical Trial (2018, background): “OutcomeMeasures The primary end point was weight loss defined by percentage excess weight loss, calculated as (initial weight − follow-up weight)/(initial weight − ideal weight for BMI 25) × 100%.(5) Baseline weight was recorded at the start of thebariatric surgeryevaluationprocess.”
2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO): Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. (2022, background): “[23] Buchwald H, Estok R, Fahrbach K, Banel D, Sledge I.”
Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2014 (2013, background): “28%, similar to those of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (304).”
Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2013 (2012, background): “28%, similar to those of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (236).”
Effect of weight loss by gastric bypass surgery versus hypocaloric diet on glucose and incretin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. (2008, background): “3 Introduction Together with the epidemic of obesity (1), the number of weight loss surgeries has surged in the last decade (2).”
Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2012 (2011, background): “28%, similar to those of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (206).”