Weight loss prior to bariatric surgery: An updated review of the literature

The Impact of Preoperative Weight Loss Before Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

(2013) Salvatore Giordano et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2011

(2013) Henry Buchwald et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Pre-bariatric surgery weight loss requirements and the effect of preoperative weight loss on postoperative outcome

(2012) C N Ochner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Health Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery After 6 Years

(2012) Ted D. Adams et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Bariatric Surgery versus Conventional Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes

(2012) Geltrude Mingrone et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Preoperative Weight Loss with Intragastric Balloon Decreases the Risk of Significant Adverse Outcomes of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Super-Super Obese Patients

(2012) Carlos Zerrweck et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Preoperative Very Low-Calorie Diet and Operative Outcome After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

(2011) Yves Van Nieuwenhove   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Effect of preoperative weight loss in bariatric surgical patients: a systematic review

(2011) Scott Cassie et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Remission of Type 2 Diabetes After Gastric Bypass and Banding

(2010) Dimitrios J. Pournaras et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Preoperative 4-Week Low-Calorie Diet Reduces Liver Volume and Intrahepatic Fat, and Facilitates Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Morbidly Obese

(2010) David Edholm et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Insurance-mandated medical programs before bariatric surgery: do good things come to those who wait?

(2010) Timothy S. Kuwada et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Preoperative weight gain might increase risk of gastric bypass surgery

(2010) Nawfal W. Istfan et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Preoperative Weight Loss Before Bariatric Surgery

(2009) Peter N. Benotti   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Perioperative Safety in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery

(2009)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Does weight loss immediately before bariatric surgery improve outcomes: a systematic review

(2009) Masha Livhits et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Benefits to Patients Choosing Preoperative Weight Loss in Gastric Bypass Surgery: New Results of a Randomized Trial

(2008) Houman Solomon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Preoperative Weight Loss Decreases the Operative Time of Gastric Bypass at a Veterans Administration Hospital

(2008) Sergio Huerta et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Preoperative Weight Loss as a Predictor of Long-term Success Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

(2008) Sharon Alger-Mayer et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Effect of preoperative weight loss on laparoscopic gastric bypass outcomes

(2008) Kevin P. Riess et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Preoperative weight gain does not predict failure of weight loss or co-morbidity resolution of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity

(2008) Michael C. Harnisch et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Preoperative weight loss is not a predictor of postoperative weight loss after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

(2007) Arthur M. Carlin et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases