{"title":"What Is Long-Term Follow-Up in Bariatric Surgery? A Proposal.","authors":"Attila Csendes, Enrique Cruz","doi":"10.1007/s11695-025-07729-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gastric bypass surgery is a highly effective treatment for morbid obesity, offering significant and sustained weight loss and improvement in comorbid conditions. However, the long-term success of this intervention is closely tied to robust postoperative follow-up care. Currently, there is a lack of consensus on the definitions of medium- and long-term follow-up, complicating the comparison of outcomes across studies. This inconsistency, coupled with challenges in patient adherence and healthcare infrastructure, emphasizes the need for better-defined follow-up periods and increased monitoring over time. This commentary addresses the critical need for standardized definitions and practices in medium- and long-term follow-up to optimize patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19460,"journal":{"name":"Obesity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Obesity Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-025-07729-4","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"SURGERY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Gastric bypass surgery is a highly effective treatment for morbid obesity, offering significant and sustained weight loss and improvement in comorbid conditions. However, the long-term success of this intervention is closely tied to robust postoperative follow-up care. Currently, there is a lack of consensus on the definitions of medium- and long-term follow-up, complicating the comparison of outcomes across studies. This inconsistency, coupled with challenges in patient adherence and healthcare infrastructure, emphasizes the need for better-defined follow-up periods and increased monitoring over time. This commentary addresses the critical need for standardized definitions and practices in medium- and long-term follow-up to optimize patient outcomes.
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Obesity Surgery is the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders (IFSO). A journal for bariatric/metabolic surgeons, Obesity Surgery provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for communicating the latest research, surgical and laparoscopic techniques, for treatment of massive obesity and metabolic disorders. Topics covered include original research, clinical reports, current status, guidelines, historical notes, invited commentaries, letters to the editor, medicolegal issues, meeting abstracts, modern surgery/technical innovations, new concepts, reviews, scholarly presentations and opinions.
Obesity Surgery benefits surgeons performing obesity/metabolic surgery, general surgeons and surgical residents, endoscopists, anesthetists, support staff, nurses, dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists, plastic surgeons, internists including endocrinologists and diabetologists, nutritional scientists, and those dealing with eating disorders.
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