[Impact of bariatric surgery on health and quality life of obese patients].
The important weight loss due to bariatric surgery allows to improve and even correct, a great part of the comorbidities induced by obesity, as well as quality of life, and to reduce the coming out of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in operated patients. The impact of surgical treatment on the patient's health and quality of life also allows to reduce direct and indirect costs of morbid obesity. However, its effects on mortality have not yet been clearly proved. The preoperative evaluation and the long term follow-up by a skilled team are essential to reduce potential complications, especially on the nutritional field and the risks of recovered weight linked to binge eating disorders.
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Service de chirurgie viscerale, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. michelsuter@netplus.ch
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D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life