October 2020 – Bariatric News

The Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest diets out there. Here’s how to get started with a 1-week meal plan for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Routine preoperative resting echocardiography does not predict adverse cardiopulmonary events after bariatric surgery January 23, 2021

Routine resting echocardiography has been suggested as a means to assess cardiac function and predict adverse cardiopulmonary events after bariatric surgery.

Kiavash Koko, Jonathan Carter

Revisional Bariatric Surgery to Single Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: A Large Multi-Institution Series January 23, 2021

Reoperation after bariatric procedures is often required. Single anastomosis gastric bypass (SAGB) is increasingly utilized as a primary bariatric procedure. Few series document SAGB as a revisional bariatric procedure

Andrew Phillip Maurice, Scott Warren Miron, Lachlan Robert Yaksich, George Herbert Hopkins, Benjamin Rees Dodd

Relationship between bariatric surgery outcomes and the preoperative gastrointestinal microbiota: a cohort study January 22, 2021

The composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota is associated with obesity. We hypothesized that the gut microbiota influences the outcomes of bariatric surgery.

Tomasz Stefura, Barbara Zapała, Tomasz Gosiewski, Marta Krzysztofik, Oksana Skomarovska, Piotr Major

Excess skin after weight loss following bariatric surgery: focus on the abdomen January 21, 2021

An academic hospital in Sweden.

Anna Elander, Christina Biörserud, Monika Fagevik Olsén

Six-Year Bariatric Surgery Outcomes: The Predictive and Incremental Validity of Presurgical Psychological Testing January 21, 2021

Research identifying preoperative psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcomes has yielded inconsistent results with minimal examination of longer-term outcomes. Utilizing a broadband measure of personality and psychopathology during the preoperative evaluation helps to identify preoperative risk factors for suboptimal bariatric surgery outcomes.

Katy W. Martin-Fernandez, Ryan J. Marek, Leslie J. Heinberg, Yossef S. Ben-Porath.

Month: October 2020

How to kickstart healthy eating with this 1-week Mediterranean diet meal plan recommended by a registered dietitian