ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Long-Term Weight Outcomes after Bariatric Surgery: A Single Center Saudi Arabian Cohort Experience.
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- Assessing the evidence for health benefits of low-level weight loss: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
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- PRE-ADMISSION BARIATRIC SURGERY IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED MORTALITY IN SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS.Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2025Article
- Weight loss dynamics after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective single center analysis with age and preoperative weight stratification.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Weight cycling exacerbates glucose intolerance and hepatic triglyceride storage in mice with a history of chronic high fat diet exposure.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
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- Outcomes Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery at a Single Center in the United Arab Emirates.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- Assessing economic investment required to scale up bariatric surgery capacity in England: a health economic modelling analysis.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Assessment of weight change patterns following Roux en Y gastric bypass, one anastomosis gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy using change-point analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Impact of Bariatric Surgery on metabolic health in a Uruguayan cohort and the emerging predictive role of FSTL1.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Early Exercise Through Telerehabilitation After Bariatric Surgery: Is It Feasible?Obesity surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is considered a global chronic disease requiring weight management through lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, or weight loss surgery. The dramatic increase in patients with severe obesity in Saudi Arabia is paralleled with those undergoing bariatric surgery. Although known to be beneficial in the short term, the long-term impacts of surgery within this group and the sustainability of weight loss after surgery remains unclear.
objectivesWe aimed to assess the long-term weight outcomes after bariatric surgery.
settingThe study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
methodsAn observational prospective cohort study on adult patients with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery (sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGB)) during the period between 2009 and 2015 was conducted. Weight loss patterns were evaluated pre- and post-surgery through clinical and anthropometric assessments. Absolute weight loss was determined, and outcome variables: percent excess weight loss (%EWL), percent total weight loss (%TWL), and percent weight regain (%WR), were calculated. Statistical analysis using univariate and multivariate general linear modelling was carried out.
resultsA total of 91 (46 males and 45 females) patients were included in the study, with the majority belonging to the SG group. Significant weight reductions were observed at 1 and 3 years of follow-up (
conclusionThe major challenge to the successful outcome of bariatric surgery is in maintaining weight loss in the long-term and minimizing weight regain. Factors such as the type of surgery and gender need to be considered before and after surgery, with an emphasis on the need for long-term follow-up to enssure the optimal benefits from this intervention.
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