Letter to Editor regarding “Pre-operative liver shrinking diet for bariatric surgery may impact wound healing: a randomised controlled trial”

Preoperative nutritional treatment and weight loss attempt is required by many insurance carriers before the patient is approved for bariatric surgery [1-2]. Although this requirement has been set in the absence of class-I evidence for a duration of 6 to 12 months, physician-mandated weight loss before bariatric surgery is aimed at reducing surgical risk and evaluating patients adherence to postoperative lifestyle modifications [1]. The timely publication by Chakravartty et al. in the last issue of Surgery for Obesity and Related Disorders entitled “Pre-operative liver shrinking diet for bariatric surgery may impact wound healing: a randomised controlled trial” addresses this area of interest [3].
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research