Abstract
Background: We report a long-term (13-15 year) follow-up of a cohort of 100 patients who underwent gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Methods: Sources of information include baseline data collected before surgery and information obtained at follow-up interview including data on weight history, psychosocial functioning, and medical complications. Results: Mean age at follow-up was 56.8 years. The mean weight loss at long-term follow-up was 29.5 kg (range-13.6 to 93.6 kg). Three subjects weighed more at long-term follow-up than before the operation. Overall, 74% of those interviewed indicated that the gastric bypass had benefited them in terms of their physical health. However, 68.8% reported continued problems with vomiting and 42.7% with "plugging". Eight had died. Conclusion: The findings in this study suggest that at long-term follow-up the majority of individuals who have undergone gastric bypass feel that the procedure benefited them, although some complications including difficulties with "plugging" and vomiting were present at long-term follow-up.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 67 |
Pages (from-to) | 464-468 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Obesity Surgery |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2001 |
Keywords
- Bariatric surgery
- Binge eating disorder
- Complications
- Gastric bypass Roux-en-Y
- Long-term follow-up
- Morbid obesity
- Psychopathology
- Weight loss