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01-01-2018 | Letter to the Editor

How Can We Manage Long-Term Follow-up After Obesity and Metabolic Surgery?

Authors: Sonja Chiappetta, Christine Stier, Rudolf A. Weiner

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 1/2018

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The use of obesity and metabolic surgery is increasing worldwide, which means that our health-care systems are confronted with an increasing pool of patients requiring follow-up [1]. It is essential to provide follow-up after obesity and metabolic surgery, not only to detect surgical complications [2], but also because attendance at follow-up visits further increases weight loss in the long-term [3], improves comorbidities [4], and prevents nutritional complications [5]. For this reason, the provision of a structured follow-up by qualified staff is important today and will be even more so in the future. …

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Title: How Can We Manage Long-Term Follow-up After Obesity and Metabolic Surgery?
Authors: Sonja Chiappetta
Christine Stier
Rudolf A. Weiner
Publication date: 01-01-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2972-3

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