ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2015
All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Associated with Bariatric Surgery: A Review.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Incidence of Suicide Following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Prognosis Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of All-Cause Mortality and Suicide among Bariatric Surgery Cohorts: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Lower levels of plasma syndecan-4 are associated with loss of body weight and fat-free mass after bariatric surgery.BMC research notes · 2024Trial
- Bariatric surgery and risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease in patients with obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Proteomic Signatures of Adiposomes Track Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction Following Bariatric Surgery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Visceral adiposity, metabolic health and aging.Nature aging · 2026Review
- Disparities in Long-Term Mortality Following Bariatric Surgery Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Patients.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Reduction in Remnant Cholesterol in Obese Individuals After Bariatric Surgery with Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Metabolic surgery versus usual care effects on mortality among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025Review
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- Moving toward targeted eating disorder care for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive patients in the United States.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Operative technique for a successful laparoscopic en-bloc resection of gastrogastric fistula following roux-en-Y gastric bypass.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Weight management treatment modalities in patients with overweight or obesity: A retrospective cohort study of administrative claims data.Obesity pillars · 2023Article
- Pre-Operative Substance Use Disorder is Associated with Higher Risk of Long-Term Mortality Following Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Obesity, the Adipose Organ and Cancer in Humans: Association or Causation?Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Racial disparities in reasons for mortality following bariatric surgery.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Long-term all-cause and cause-specific mortality for four bariatric surgery procedures.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
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- Circulating Lipoproteins in Subjects with Morbid Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Surgery with Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Examining the Rates of Obesity and Bariatric Surgery in the United States.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
The question of whether or not nonsurgical intentional or voluntary weight loss results in reduced mortality has been equivocal, with long-term mortality following weight loss being reported as increased, decreased, and not changed. In part, inconsistent results have been attributed to the uncertainty of whether the intentionality of weight loss is accurately reported in large population studies and also that achieving significant and sustained voluntary weight loss in large intervention trials is extremely difficult. Bariatric surgery has generally been free of these conflicts. Patients voluntarily undergo surgery and the resulting weight is typically significant and sustained. These elements, combined with possible non-weight loss-related mechanisms, have resulted in improved comorbidities, which likely contribute to a reduction in long-term mortality. This paper reviews the association between bariatric surgery and long-term mortality. From these studies, the general consensus is that bariatric surgical patients have: 1) significantly reduced long-term all-cause mortality when compared to severely obese non-bariatric surgical control groups; 2) greater mortality when compared to the general population, with the exception of one study; 3) reduced cardiovascular-, stroke-, and cancer-caused mortality when compared to severely obese non-operated controls; and 4) increased risk for externally caused death such as suicide.
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