All Articles on Bariatric Surgery

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  Watch our new video, ‘Research for the rest of us’

  Drs. Neely Williams and David Arterburn talk about how important patient involvement is to the PCORnet Bariatric Study.
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  What motivates Dr. David Arterburn to study obesity?

  Kaiser Permanente Share profiles KPWHRI senior investigator, who also researches shared decision making
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  Gastric bypass surgery is best for weight loss for severe obesity

  Largest long-term national study of bariatric surgery, comparing 3 most common operations, is among first PCORnet® results
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  Fewer heart attacks, strokes, and deaths after weight-loss surgery

  Obese people with diabetes had fewer deaths in 5 years after bariatric surgery vs. usual care, in large, long-term study
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  Kaiser Permanente Researchers Study Bariatric Surgery for Obese Teens

  Severe obesity affects 4 to 6 million U.S. adolescents. Kaiser Permanente researchers are exploring solutions to this major problem.
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  Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer diabetes complications

  Large, long-term study finds half as much nerve, kidney, and eye disease after bariatric surgery than with usual care.
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  Two types of bariatric surgery give similar outcomes at 5 years

  But longer follow-up is needed to compare sleeve vs. bypass, says Dr. Arterburn, who wrote a JAMA editorial with Dr. Gupta