Effects of Obesity Surgery on the Metabolic Syndrome—Invited Critique
Abstract
Dr Lee and colleagues' report of a 1-year follow-up study of 645 patients who underwent laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty or gastric bypass as part of a supervised weight loss program is provocative but may be overstated. As the authors indicate, it would not be surprising if the weight loss facilitated by bariatric surgery abrogated the risk factors that characterize the metabolic syndrome. Indeed, their data (and those of Kral et al1) suggest that this is the case. Other...