Comment on: Long-term BAROS scores and independent obesity-related comorbidity predictors of failure following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Clinically severe obesity is a debilitating disease that takes hundreds of thousands of lives each year, thus demands consistently safe and successful interventions with sustainable life-long outcomes. The ultimate test for any weight-loss intervention is its durability, across a range of clinically severe body mass indices (BMI), co-morbidity profiles and time. This issue is of critical import, as patients often have unrealistic expectations from bariatric surgery and involving patients in precise decision-making is fundamental to confidence-building in bariatric care.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research