| Title |
Long-term Follow-up of Patients' Status after Gastric Bypass
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Obesity Surgery, August 2001
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| DOI | 10.1381/096089201321209341 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James E Mitchell, Kathryn L Lancaster, Melissa A Burgard, L Michael Howell, Dean D Krahn, Ross D Crosby, Stephen A Wonderlich, Blake A Gosnell |
| Abstract |
We report a long-term (13-15 year) follow-up of a cohort of 100 patients who underwent gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Sources of information include baseline data collected before surgery and information obtained at follow-up interview including data on weight history, psychosocial functioning, and medical complications. Mean age at follow-up was 56.8 years. The mean weight loss at long-term follow-up was 29.5 kg (range -13.6 to 93.6 kg). Three subjects weighed more at long-term follow-up than before the operation. Overall, 74% of those interviewed indicated that the gastric bypass had benefited them in terms of their physical health. However, 68.8% reported continued problems with vomiting and 42.7% with "plugging". Eight had died. The findings in this study suggest that at long-term follow-up the majority of individuals who have undergone gastric bypass feel that the procedure benefited them, although some complications including difficulties with "plugging" and vomiting were present at long-term follow-up. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 20 | 22% |
| Unknown | 8 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 31% |
| Psychology | 24 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
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