%0 Journal Article
%T Weight-Loss Surgery
%A Nancy J. Kaser
%A Aniko Kukla
%J Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
%D 2009
%I 
%X As the prevalence of obesity sky rockets worldwide, the search for successful weight- management strategies follows. For select individuals, surgical intervention is the most appropriate weight-management intervention for sustained weight loss. Surgical procedures, such as the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, bring about both dramatic weight loss and the ability to provide the patient with marked improvement in obesity-related conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea. In this article the authors will address the incidence of obesity and the criteria for weight-loss (bariatric) surgery; describe the preoperative evaluation and selection of the appropriate surgical procedure; discuss postoperative complications and required nursing care; and give readers a preview of future options for surgical weight loss.
%K bariatric surgery
%K bariatric-surgery nursing care
%K laproscopic adjustable banding
%K nursing role in bariatric surgery
%K obesity
%K Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
%K sleeve gastrectomy
%K surgical intervention for obesity
%U 10.3912/OJIN.Vol14No1Man04