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- Title
Postoperative Follow-up After Bariatric Surgery: Effect on Weight Loss.
- Authors
Spaniolas, Konstantinos; Kasten, Kevin; Celio, Adam; Burruss, Matthew; Pories, Walter
- Abstract
While adherence to long-term follow-up after bariatric surgery is a mandate for center of excellence certification, the effect of attrition on weight loss is not well understood. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of postoperative follow-up on 12-month weight loss using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database (BOLD) dataset. Patients with complete follow-up (3, 6, and 12 months) were compared to patients who had one or more prior missed visits. There were 51,081 patients with 12-month follow-up data available. After controlling for baseline characteristics, complete follow-up was independently associated with excess weight loss ≥50 %, and total weight loss ≥30 %. Adherence to postoperative follow-up is independently associated with improved 12-month weight loss after bariatric surgery. Bariatric programs should strive to achieve complete follow-up for all patients.
- Subjects
BARIATRIC surgery; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine); WEIGHT loss; PATIENT compliance; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 4, p900
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-016-2059-6