title: Bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients in wheelchairs.
abstract: Two morbidly obese patients are presented. The first patient is a 38-year-old superobese female with BMI 56.2 in a wheelchair secondary to multiple sclerosis. The second patient is a 49-year-old female with BMI 47.7 confined to a wheelchair secondary to spinal cord transection due to a motor vehicle accident. Both patients underwent an open duodenal switch procedure, which provided significant weight loss and improved quality of life primarily for mobility with a wheelchair, as well as controlling comorbidities.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department, Crittenton Hospital, Rochester, MI 48307, USA. marek2@talkamerica.net
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lutrzykowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015431:Weight Loss