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| Title |
Bariatric surgery: the challenges with candidate selection, individualizing treatment and clinical outcomes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
KJ Neff, T Olbers, CW le Roux |
| Abstract |
Obesity is recognized as a global health crisis. Bariatric surgery offers a treatment that can reduce weight, induce remission of obesity-related diseases, and improve the quality of life. In this article, we outline the different options in bariatric surgery and summarize the recommendations for selecting and assessing potential candidates before proceeding to surgery. We present current data on post-surgical outcomes and evaluate the psychosocial and economic effects of bariatric surgery. Finally, we evaluate the complication rates and present recommendations for post-operative care. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 33% |
| Colombia | 1 | 11% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 11% |
| Kuwait | 1 | 11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 269 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Morocco | 1 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 259 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 43 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 14% |
| Researcher | 31 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 23 | 9% |
| Other | 58 | 22% |
| Unknown | 47 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 106 | 39% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 8% |
| Psychology | 12 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 36 | 13% |
| Unknown | 58 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 January 2022.
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#1,682,128
of 23,652,325 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#1,185
of 3,576 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,351
of 286,812 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#30
of 75 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,652,325 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 92nd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,576 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 44.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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