Do dietary patterns change following gastric bypass surgery?

Readmissions Following Gastric Bypass Surgery.

BACKGROUND Interest is growing in preventing readmissions as payers start to link reimbursement to readmission rates. The purpose of this study was to assess factors contributing to 30-day readmission for patients undergoing gastric bypass (GB) and determine whether these readmissions may be preventable. METHODS Data were from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) and i...

Gastric infarction following gastric bypass surgery.

Gastric infarction is an extremely rare occurrence owing to the stomach's extensive vascular supply. We report an unusual case of gastric infarction following gastric bypass surgery. We describe the imaging findings and discuss possible causes of this condition.

Psychiatric Factors and Weight Loss Patterns Following Gastric Bypass Surgery in a Veteran Population

BACKGROUND Although pre-surgical psychological evaluations are commonly administered to patients considered for weight loss surgeries, the value of these evaluations for predicting weight loss success has been questioned. In this study, we addressed this issue by examining patient's total number of psychiatric indicators rather than individual psychological factors as predictors of weight loss/...

Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia following gastric bypass surgery for obesity

Purpose of review To examine the recently recognized association between bariatric surgery-induced weight loss and postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Recent findings Postprandial hypoglycemia following gastric bypass for obesity is generally considered a late manifestation of the dumping syndrome and can usually be managed with dietary modification. A rare syndrome characterized by mor...

Iron nutriture following roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery