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. 2025 Apr;35(4):1559-1562.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-025-07786-9. Epub 2025 Mar 14.

Loss to Long-Term Follow-up in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Challenge to the Evidence Base

Mohamed Hany  1   2 , Walid El Ansari  3
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Loss to Long-Term Follow-up in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Challenge to the Evidence Base

Mohamed Hany et al. Obes Surg. 2025 Apr.

Abstract

Long-term follow-up in metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) remains challenging. This commentary addresses the critical need to urgently attend to several issues pertaining to long-term follow-up to strengthen the bariatric evidence base.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethical Approval: For this type of study, formal consent is not required. Informed Consent: Informed consent does not apply. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing interests.

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