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Review
. 2022 Jun;17(2):299-302.
doi: 10.5114/wiitm.2021.110411. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

Follow-up after bariatric surgery: are we effective enough?

Kamil Nurczyk  1 , Chia-En Chan  1 , Tomasz Skoczylas  1 , Grzegorz Wallner  1
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Review

Follow-up after bariatric surgery: are we effective enough?

Kamil Nurczyk et al. Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne. 2022 Jun.

Abstract

Over the years, the rise in the obesity epidemic has led to an increasing demand for bariatric surgery. Considering the rapidly growing number of bariatric surgery procedures performed, intensive development of postoperative care and surveillance programs should be expected. However, the effectiveness of follow-up after bariatric surgery appears to be surprisingly low. The purpose of this review is to draw attention to the quality of follow-up programs and to encourage health care providers to make efforts to ensure adequate post-operative data collection. Awareness should be raised about inadequate data collection to strengthen the credibility and authenticity of treatment results, thus providing a clearer picture of treatment efficacy.

Keywords: bariatric surgery; follow-up; obesity; weight loss.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Annual number of bariatric surgical procedures in the US from 2011 to 2018 according to the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimates
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Figure 2
Annual percentage of specific bariatric procedures in the US from 2011 to 2018 according to American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimates
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