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Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery and Revisional Surgery

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Bariatric surgery is an extremely effective and well-proven strategy to achieve substantial weight loss for patients with morbid obesity. However, as with any intervention, bariatric surgery is associated with short- and long-term complications. Significant weight regain can be regarded as a very important and often forgotten barrier to sustained life-long success, both physically and psychologically. The definition, prevalence, etiology, and possible treatment modalities available to address weight regain after both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and vertical sleeve gastrectomy will be discussed in the following chapter.

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Weber, C., Chand, B. (2018). Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery and Revisional Surgery. In: Camacho, D., Zundel, N. (eds) Complications in Bariatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75841-1_12

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