Preoperative liver shrinking diet for bariatric surgery may impact wound healing: a randomized controlled trial

Bariatric surgery is the best treatment option available for weight loss and improving weight related co-morbidities in morbidly obese patients [1]. This is reflected in the growing number of operations performed across the world. With more expertise and experience, results are improving and complications are low [2,3]. While practices continuously evolve some practices initiated in the early years of laparoscopic bariatric surgery may need to be reevaluated. Very low-calorie diets (VLCD) were introduced in the early part of the last decade as a short-term optimizing tool immediately before bariatric surgery with the aim of improving patient outcomes.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research