Publications by authors named "Vicente Simo-Fernandez"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at why surgeons decide to do a protective ileostomy after a certain type of surgery for rectal cancer.
- Most surgeons (76%) agreed on doing the ileostomy, and many (88%) considered certain risk factors before deciding.
- The study found that emotions and personal experiences played a big role in the decisions surgeons made, but there aren't clear guidelines on when to perform this procedure yet.
Background: Bariatric surgery is currently the treatment of choice for those patients with severe obesity, but the procedure of choice is not clearly established. We describe weight loss and nutritional parameters in severely obese patients after biliopancreatic diversion for 10 years of follow-up.
Methods: Patients were followed by the same multidisciplinary team, and data are shown for 10 years.
Background: Weight loss before bariatric surgery, achieved by means of a very low calorie diet (VLCD) has been recently reported to be related to a lower rate of postoperative complications. However, it is controversial if preoperative weight loss after VLCD could improve postoperative weight loss.
Aims: To assess the effectiveness of a preoperative VLCD for 6 weeks in weight loss one year after bariatric surgery.