Early and long-term clinical outcomes of bilio-intestinal diversion in morbidly obese patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the early and long-term postoperative results of malabsorptive surgery in morbidly obese patients.

Methods: Between 2000 and 2007, 102 morbidly obese patients were referred to the Department of Surgery "Pietro Valdoni", "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico "Umberto I°", Rome, Italy for malabsorptive surgery. All patients underwent derivative biliodigestive surgery after they had been reviewed by a team of surgeons, physicians, dieticians, and psychologists.