title: Resolution of Comorbidities and Impact on Longevity Following Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.
abstract: Bariatric surgery is the most effective and durable treatment of severe obesity. In addition to weight loss, these operations result in significant improvement or resolution of many obesity-related comorbid diseases. There are now numerous studies demonstrating that bariatric surgery decreases all-cause mortality long-term compared with cohorts of patients who did not undergo surgery. Decreases in cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular-related mortality are major contributors to this overall effect on life expectancy after bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Institute, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fouse
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Institute, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address: brethas@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brethauer
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Bariatric surgery; Cancer mortality; Metabolic syndrome; Mortality; Obesity