UHealth: What Are the Benefits of Bariatric Surgery?

In this University of Miami Health System article, Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz explained his Journal of the American College of Surgeons study, which followed 96 patients for 10 to 18 years after bariatric surgery as adolescents or young adults.

He described it as the first study of its kind for this age group and noted that the operations remained effective even in patients who had not kept up with follow-up. He encouraged people with severe obesity to talk with their doctor about whether they qualify.