Open AccessFull Text LINK - bariatric
Author(s) -
Christina M Frichtel
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pubmed central
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/04.936
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , complication , obesity , selection (genetic algorithm) , general surgery , outcome (game theory) , obesity surgery , population , surgery , intensive care medicine , weight loss , family medicine , gastric bypass , environmental health , mathematics , mathematical economics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Bariatric surgery is on the rise as treatment for the increasing number of obese patients in the US population. As this procedure becomes more common, primary care physicians are assuming increased responsibility not only for preoperative selection and education of bariatric surgery candidates but also for their postoperative care and monitoring-two factors necessary for a successful surgical outcome. This article highlights some issues relevant for primary care physicians and reports an illustrative case of a postoperative complication of bariatric surgery.