Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress 2023 EHA Congress 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 4/2016

01-04-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Is Bariatric Surgery Effective in Reducing Comorbidities and Drug Costs?: Letter to the editor

Authors: Ina Gesquiere, Judith Aron-Wisnewsky

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 4/2016

Login to get access

Excerpt

Dear editor, …
Literature
1.
Lopes EC, Heineck I, Athaydes G, et al. Is bariatric surgery effective in reducing comorbidities and drug costs? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Surg. 2015;25:1741–9.CrossRefPubMed
2.
Gesquiere I, Aron-Wisnewsky J. Medication cost is significantly reduced after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obes Surg. 2014;24(11):1896–903.CrossRefPubMed
3.
Ghiassi S, Morton J, Bellatorre N, et al. Short-term medication cost savings for treating hypertension and diabetes after gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2012;8(3):269–74.CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Is Bariatric Surgery Effective in Reducing Comorbidities and Drug Costs?: Letter to the editor
Authors
Ina Gesquiere
Judith Aron-Wisnewsky
Publication date
01-04-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2045-z

Other articles of this Issue 4/2016

Obesity Surgery 4/2016 Go to the issue

Letter to Editor/LED Reply

The Use of Intraoperative Endoscopy Decreases Postoperative Stenosis in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Video Submission

Technique of Hill’s Gastropexy Combined with Sleeve Gastrectomy for Patients with Morbid Obesity and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or Hiatal Hernia

Brief Communication

Mesenteric Torsion as a Cause of Late Abdominal Pain after Gastric Bypass Surgery

Original Contributions

Longitudinal Changes in Serum Levels of Angiopoietin-Like Protein 6 and Selenoprotein P After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Original Contributions

Prevalence of Barrett’s Esophagus in Bariatric Patients Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy

Original Contributions

Micronutrient and Protein Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy: a 1-year Follow-up