An Evaluation of the Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery - a Cohort Study
An Evaluation of the Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery - a Cohort Study
A prospective bariatric database was carried out in the Department of Digestive and Endocrine
 Surgery at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France, starting in January 1996. All
 potential candidates for obesity surgery were prospectively registered in the database.
 Patients were informed by the bariatric surgeon of the prospective database, and of the
 possibility of utilizing personal data for research purpose after anonymization.

 A case-control study was performed, to compare the quality of life (QoL) of patients treated
 for internal hernia (IH group) with the QoL of patients with an uncomplicated course after
 Roux en Y gastric bypass (Uncomplicated RYGB group).
A prospective bariatric database was carried out in the Department of Digestive and Endocrine
 Surgery at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France, starting in January 1996. All
 potential candidates for obesity surgery were prospectively registered in the database.
 Patients were informed by the bariatric surgeon of the prospective database, and of the
 possibility of utilizing personal data for research purpose after anonymization. Patients
 were evaluated by a multidisciplinary team. The standard preoperative assessment included
 nutritional counseling, psychological evaluation, abdominal ultrasound, upper
 gastrointestinal endoscopy, and blood tests. Type and date of surgery, biological and
 clinical follow-up data and morbidity data were recorded prospectively in the database.

 A case-control study was performed, to compare the quality of life (QoL) of patients treated
 for internal hernia (IH group) with the QoL of patients with an uncomplicated course after
 Roux en Y gastric bypass (Uncomplicated RYGB group). Patients who had IH were paired with
 patients of the same age and sex and at the same postoperative interval. Paired patients were
 contacted by phone to obtain the QoL questionnaires, abdominal pain evaluation, and weight
 loss data.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  patient >18 years old

 -  BMI > 35 kg/m²

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Incapacity of giving an informed consent