TY - CHAP
T1 - GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY
AU - Enestvedt, Brintha
AU - Pandolfino, John E.
AU - Nagle, Alexander P.
AU - Prystowsky, Jay B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - Bariatric surgery, a collective term for operations that involve reducing the size of the gastric reservoir with or without associated induced malabsorption, has achieved impressive results, with approximately a 50% or more reduction in excess body weight by 18 to 24 months post operation. 1 Although most patients achieve successful outcomes, many patients develop postoperative gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. Whether these symptoms represent necessary evils (adverse events related to dietary indiscretion) or unnecessary evils (true postoperative complications) is difficult to interpret clinically and frequently will require gastroenterology consultation. Gastroenterologists, therefore, are and will continue to be an integral component to the successful outcomes of bariatric surgery. The aim of this chapter is to describe the role of the gastroenterologist in the management of the various GI complications that may occur. (Bariatric surgeries are discussed in detail—with descriptions of the procedures, comparison of the outcomes, and a discussion of outcomes—in Chapter 49.).
AB - Bariatric surgery, a collective term for operations that involve reducing the size of the gastric reservoir with or without associated induced malabsorption, has achieved impressive results, with approximately a 50% or more reduction in excess body weight by 18 to 24 months post operation. 1 Although most patients achieve successful outcomes, many patients develop postoperative gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. Whether these symptoms represent necessary evils (adverse events related to dietary indiscretion) or unnecessary evils (true postoperative complications) is difficult to interpret clinically and frequently will require gastroenterology consultation. Gastroenterologists, therefore, are and will continue to be an integral component to the successful outcomes of bariatric surgery. The aim of this chapter is to describe the role of the gastroenterologist in the management of the various GI complications that may occur. (Bariatric surgeries are discussed in detail—with descriptions of the procedures, comparison of the outcomes, and a discussion of outcomes—in Chapter 49.).
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U2 - 10.1201/9781003523086-57
DO - 10.1201/9781003523086-57
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85206131755
SN - 9781556426971
SP - 621
EP - 627
BT - Clinical Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Disease
PB - CRC Press
ER -