Bariatric surgery reverses metabolic risk in patients treated in outpatient level

Background : The conventional treatment of obesity presents unsatisfactory results on weight loss and its long-term sustainability, therefore bariatric surgery has been suggested as an effective therapy, determining sustainable long-term weight loss, reversal of components of cardiometabolic risk and improved quality and life expectancy. Aim : To investigate the clinical component of the cardiometabolic risk in patients undergoing bariatric surgery assisted on outpatient basis. Methods : The sample consisted of 47 patients with ages between 18 and 60 years, 72% females. Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were prospectively evaluated by using the Assessment of Obesity-Related Co-morbidities scale. Results : Occurred improvement in these co-morbidities within 12 months after surgery. Co-morbidities resolved were greater than those improved. Conclusion : The study revealed that the Assessment of Obesity-Related Co-morbidities is a system that can be effectively used to quantify the degree of reduction of the severity of the cardiometabolic risk in response to bariatric surgery.

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Main Authors:	SILVA-NETO,Epifânio Feitosa da, VÁZQUEZ,Cecília Mª Passos, SOARES,Fabiana Melo, SILVA,Danielle Góes da, SOUZA,Márcia Ferreira Cândido de, BARBOSA,Kiriaque Barra Ferreira
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2014
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202014000100038
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