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ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2023

Long-term effectiveness, outcomes and complications of bariatric surgery.

Milena Gulinac, Dimitrina Georgieva Miteva, Monika Peshevska-Sekulovska, Ivan P Novakov, Svetozar Antovic, Milena Peruhova, Violeta Snegarova, Plamena Kabakchieva, Yavor Assyov, Georgi Vasilev and 4 more

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Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Milena GulinacDepartment of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria. mgulinac@hotmail.com.
Dimitrina Georgieva MitevaDepartment of Genetics, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Biology, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria.
Monika Peshevska-SekulovskaDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria.
Ivan P NovakovDepartment of Thoraco-abdominal Surgery, Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv 6000, Bulgaria.
Svetozar AntovicUniversity Clinic for Digestive Surgery, Medical Faculty, Skopje, Skopje 1000, North Macedonia.
Milena PeruhovaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Heart and Brain Hospital, Burgas, Burgas 1000, Bulgaria.
Violeta SnegarovaClinic of Internal Diseases, Naval Hospital - Varna, Military Medical Academy, Medical Faculty, Medical University, Varna 9000, Bulgaria.
Plamena KabakchievaClinic of Internal Diseases, Naval Hospital - Varna, Military Medical Academy, Varna 9010, Bulgaria.
Yavor AssyovClinic of Endocrinology, University Hospital "Alexandrovska, Sofia 1431, Bulgaria.
Georgi VasilevClinic of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders, UMHAT "Sv. Georgi", Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria.
Metodija SekulovskiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria.
Snezhina LazovaDepartment of Pediatric, University Hospital "N. I. Pirogov", Sofia 1606, Bulgaria.
Latchezar TomovDepartment of Informatics, New Bulgarian University, Sofia 1618, Bulgaria.
Tsvetelina VelikovaMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary imbalance and overeating can lead to an increasingly widespread disease - obesity. Aesthetic considerations aside, obesity is defined as an excess of adipose tissue that can lead to serious health problems and can predispose to a number of pathological changes and clinical diseases, including diabetes; hypertension; atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease and stroke; obstructive sleep apnea; depression; weight-related arthropathies and endometrial and breast cancer. A body weight 20% above ideal for age, gender and height is a severe health risk. Bariatric surgery is a set of surgical methods to treat morbid obesity when other treatments such as diet, increased physical activity, behavioral changes and drugs have failed. The two most common procedures currently used are sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass. This procedure has gained popularity recently and is generally considered safe and effective. Although current data show that perioperative mortality is low and better control of comorbidities and short-term complications is achieved, more randomized trials are needed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of bariatric procedures. This review aims to synthesize and summarize the growing evidence on the long-term effectiveness, outcomes and complications of bariatric surgery.

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Bariatric surgeryEffectivenessLong-term outcomesObesityQuality of lifeRoux-en-Y gastric bypassSafetysleeve gastrectomy

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PMCPMC10353499

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