Despite an increasing prevalence of severe obesity, the number of bariatric operations performed in Denmark has decreased during the past years. This is only partly explained by changes in the national guidelines for bariatric surgery. The purpose of the cross-sectional study is to investigate ...
According to the study, women gain weight at an average of 1.5 pounds per year during midlife, which increases their risk for transitioning to an overweight or obese BMI. The new guidelines emphasize the need to help with weight management by counseling women while they are at a healthy weight...
Bariatric Surgery in the Adolescent: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sampledoi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.010KhorgamiUnivZhamakUnivChowUnivGeoffreyUnivS.UnivSclabasUnivGuidoUnivM.UnivElsevier ScienceJournal of the American College of Surgeons...
Given that planning to gain gestational weight categorized as above the national guidelines is associated with actually gaining above the guidelines, we sought to identify physical, lifestyle, knowledge, and psychological factors associated with planned weight gain. Using a piloted, self-administered ques...
In March 1992, the Royal College of Surgeons issued Guidelines for Day Case Surgery. Patients with a body mass index?(BMI) >?30 were deemed unsuitable for operations to be performed as a day case. Since these guidelines were issued, many changes have occurred. Two years ago we successfully...
Agrawal S. Post-CCT national surgical fellowship in bariatric and upper GI surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl). 2010;92:354-6.Agrawal, S (2010) Post-CCT national surgical fellowship in bariatric and upper GI surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl) 92: pp. 354-6...
Adherence to bariatric surgery guidelines also increased from 72.8% in 2013 to 98.7% in 2017, and fewer patients not fulfilling the guidelines underwent bariatric surgeries in 2017. Importantly, the considerable annual preregistry increase in surgical procedures has been halted. Registry data regarding ...
Of the respondents, 73.3% reported residency training provided inadequate exposure to bariatric surgery, and 85.3% felt that additional continuing medical education resources would be useful. CONCLUSIONS: There appears to be support for bariatric surgery among Canadian general surgeons participating in this...
(as determined by the ratio of family income to poverty, which is classified as follows: < 1.3, 1.3–3.5, and > 3.5), the calculation of family poverty ratios was based on the Family Income Poverty Guidelines provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) [20...
Analysis of the effect of staple line reinforcement on leaking and bleeding after sleeve gastrectomy from the UK National Bariatric Surgery Registry Introduction: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is currently the most frequently performed procedure for obesity worldwide. Staple line reinforcement (SLR) has been ...