American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on long-term survival benefit after metabolic and bariatric surgery

Julie Kim; Dan Eisenberg; Dan Azagury; Ann Rogers; Guilherme M Campos

doi:10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.021

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on long-term survival benefit after metabolic and bariatric surgery

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 Mar-Apr;12(3):453-459. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.021. Epub 2015 Nov 27.

Authors

Julie Kim¹, Dan Eisenberg², Dan Azagury³, Ann Rogers⁴, Guilherme M Campos⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jkim7@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
² Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
³ Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Division of Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

PMID: 26944548
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.021

Abstract

The following position statement has been issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, and others regarding the benefit of metabolic and bariatric surgery on long-term survival. An overview of the current available published peer-reviewed scientific evidence is presented.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Bariatric Surgery / mortality*
Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality
Diabetes Mellitus / etiology
Diabetes Mellitus / mortality
Humans
Neoplasms / etiology
Neoplasms / mortality
Obesity / complications
Obesity / mortality
Obesity / surgery*
Survival Analysis
Weight Loss