Francesco Saverio Papadia, UniGe lecturer in General Surgery at the Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences - DISC, publishes in Annals of Surgery the longest follow-up ever documented for any bariatric procedure.
The data on 85 patients, operated on between 1976 and 1979 and followed for 50 years, show:
- lasting weight loss and universal and permanent remission of type 2 diabetes
- significantly elevated mortality
- serious nutritional complications
- procedure-related deaths up to 37 years after surgery
The research results impose a paradigm shift in the evaluation of the long-term safety of obesity surgery.
The full article is in the university magazine: life.unige.it