Observational studyAnnals of internal medicine2018
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Bariatric Procedures for Weight Loss: A PCORnet Cohort Study.
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The trial behind it
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National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) Bariatric Study
Evaluation of a Remotely-Delivered Behavioral Intervention for Post-Bariatric Surgery Weight Regain
Who cites it
162 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 302 citations in OpenAlex.
- 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026Guideline
- Mortality After Bariatric Surgery: A Comprehensive Review.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Learning health systems using data to drive healthcare improvement and impact: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of Opioid-Free Versions of Total Intravenous Anesthesia and Inhalational Anesthesia in Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity surgery · 2026Trial
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, or sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity (By-Band-Sleeve): a multicentre, open label, three-group, randomised controlled trial.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2025Trial
- Comparative Performance of Preoperative Diabetes-Remission Scores Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Malaysian Population.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- One-year weight-loss trajectories and associated baseline factors after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Neighborhoods matter: contextual determinants of bariatric surgery utilization and weight loss in Washington, D.C.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
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- Long-term management of body weight and physiological mechanisms of weight regain.Journal of molecular cell biology · 2026Review
- Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery: Reconciling Seemingly Conflicting Evidence.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Development and Internal Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Reflux Esophagitis in Candidates for Metabolic Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- The Impact of Metabolic Bariatric Surgery on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk and Outcomes in Adults With Obesity: a Propensity-matched, Nationwide, Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Outcomes of 1,039 Primary Robotic Gastric Bypass Procedures: A Two-Center Retrospective Cohort with Very Low Anastomotic Leak Incidence.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Long-Term Body Composition Trajectories After Bariatric Surgery: A 5-Year Comparative Study of Biliopancreatic Diversion, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The obesity-inflammation axis in psoriatic disease: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2026Review
- Intestinal Energy Absorption is Associated with Post-Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Long-Term Outcomes and Durability of Sleeve Gastrectomy with Up to 14 Years of Follow-up.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Obesity: current developments in mechanisms, diagnosis, classification and the evolution of personalized management.Medical review (2021) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Background: There has been a dramatic shift in use of bariatric procedures, but little is known about their long-term comparative effectiveness. Objective: To compare weight loss and safety among bariatric procedures. Design: Retrospective observational cohort study, January 2005 to September 2015. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02741674). Setting: 41 health systems in the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. Participants: 65 093 patients aged 20 to 79 years with body mass index (BMI) of 35 kg/m2 or greater who had bariatric procedures. Intervention: 32 208 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), 29 693 sleeve gastrectomy (SG), and 3192 adjustable gastric banding (AGB) procedures. Measurements: Estimated percent total weight loss (TWL) at 1, 3, and 5 years; 30-day rates of major adverse events. Results: Total numbers of eligible patients with weight measures at 1, 3, and 5 years were 44 978 (84%), 20 783 (68%), and 7159 (69%), respectively. Thirty-day rates of major adverse events were 5.0% for RYGB, 2.6% for SG, and 2.9% for AGB. One-year mean TWLs were 31.2% (95% CI, 31.1% to 31.3%) for RYGB, 25.2% (CI, 25.1% to 25.4%) for SG, and 13.7% (CI, 13.3% to 14.0%) for AGB. At 1 year, RYGB patients lost 5.9 (CI, 5.8 to 6.1) percentage points more weight than SG patients and 17.7 (CI, 17.3 to 18.1) percentage points more than AGB patients, and SG patients lost 12.0 (CI, 11.6 to 12.5) percentage points more than AGB patients. Five-year mean TWLs were 25.5% (CI, 25.1% to 25.9%) for RYGB, 18.8% (CI, 18.0% to 19.6%) for SG, and 11.7% (CI, 10.2% to 13.1%) for AGB. Patients with diabetes, those with BMI less than 50 kg/m2, those aged 65 years or older, African American patients, and Hispanic patients lost less weight than patients without those characteristics. Limitation: Potential unobserved confounding due to nonrandomized design; electronic health record databases had missing outcome data. Conclusion: Adults lost more weight with RYGB than with SG or AGB at 1, 3, and 5 years; however, RYGB had the highest 30-day rate of major adverse events. Small subgroup differences in weight loss outcomes were observed. Primary Funding Source: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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