The Effect of Follow-up on Reporting Success for Obesity Surgery

BACKGROUND: Much is written about the importance of follow-up in determining the effect of surgical treatment for obesity upon weight loss. When patients are lost to follow-up, it has been suggested that these patients should be considered as failures. This study was undertaken to determine the effe...

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Published in:Obesity surgery 1995-08, Vol.5 (3), p.285-292
Main Authors: Renquist, KE, Cullen, JJ, Barnes, D, Tang, S, Doherty, C, Mason, EE
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Much is written about the importance of follow-up in determining the effect of surgical treatment for obesity upon weight loss. When patients are lost to follow-up, it has been suggested that these patients should be considered as failures. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of incorporating patients not followed in a definition of success for weight loss at one year. METHODS: Data from 34 surgical practices were used to study the effect of using two different denominators, patients followed (Df) or patients eligible (De), to define success. The numerator used in both methods was the number of patients with
ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
DOI:10.1381/096089295765557656