Quality of life after the Magenstrasse and Mill procedure for morbid obesity.
BACKGROUND
The authors assessed the quality of life (QOL) of patients after the Magenstrasse and Mill (M-M) procedure for morbid obesity (MO) and compared this with the QOL of MO patients and non-obese controls.


METHODS
Personal, postal and telephone questionnaire survey was completed by 82 patients after the M-M procedure, 35 MO patients and 20 normal controls. QOL was assessed by Short Form 36 (SF-36), Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale, and obesity surgery related questionnaire.


RESULTS
Physical, social and psychological well-being of patients was substantially better after the M-M compared with their MO counterparts. After the M-M procedure, patients were significantly less depressed but remained anxious when compared with morbidly obese patients. The majority of patients (88%) were pleased with the result of surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
This study provides empirical evidence that the M-M procedure for MO leads to a substantially better QOL.
Carmichael
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Academic Department of Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK. homepac@doctors.org.uk
Sue-Ling
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Johnston
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003625:Data Collection; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D015431:Weight Loss