BACKGROUND: The definition of success and failure of a bariatric procedure should include @entity353 as well as improvement of comorbidity and quality-of-life (QoL) assessment. QoL measures changes in physical, functional, mental, and social health in order to evaluate benefits of new programs and interventions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From April 1995 until March 1999, 287 @entity1 underwent laparoscopic adjustable @entity1346 gastric banding (LASGB) at Northwest Hospital Frankfurt a.M. (Germany). In this study, 100 of 287 @entity1 (preoperative mean BMI 48.3 kg/m2; mean age 35.2 years) with a follow-up >18 month were evaluated. All @entity1 underwent anonymous questionnaire (26 questions with a maximum score of 60) about different aspects of QoL outcome after LSAGB. RESULTS: In this study, 4 of 100 @entity1 refused to give an answer to the QoL questions. Therefore 96 @entity1 were evaluated. The QoL auto-evaluation of the @entity1 shows that QoL generally improved after surgery in 92%. Using the scoring system, 44% of @entity1 have excellent, 52% good, and only 4% bad results. The 4 @entity1 who refused had to be classified as failure. General acceptance of LSAGB is wide, but gastrointestinal side effects are recognizable in more than 78% of operated @entity1 . Successful @entity353 is followed by an improvement of comorbidities. CONCLUSIONS: Safe, effective bariatric procedures increase the quality of life in morbidly @entity28 @entity1 markedly. Bariatric surgeons are committed to support and help their @entity1 until they reach a new quality of life after @entity28 surgery.

Quality-of-life outcome after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1346 :: ('MESH:D012828', 'Chemical') :: ['silicone'] @entity353 :: ('MESH:D015431', 'Disease') :: ['weight loss'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese', 'obesity']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['obesity']
