The Amount of Preoperative Weight Loss May Predict Weight Regain 4 Years after Bariatric Surgery

Prior to bariatric surgery most insurance providers require the completion of a supervised weight loss (WL) program. The importance of preoperative WL for postoperative WL remains controversial. The purpose of our study was to determine the impact of preoperative WL on postoperative WL and weight regain (WR) 4 years after bariatric surgery.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Bariatric and Foregut Source Type: research