Journal article
Exploring pre-surgery and post-surgery substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder in bariatric surgery: a qualitative scoping review
Abstract
IntroductionBariatric surgery (BS) produces superior weight loss compared to non-surgical interventions. However, studies suggest bariatric patients who have undergone gastric-bypass surgery have an increased risk of developing new onset substance use disorder (SUD) or suffer negative outcomes after surgery. As such, many bariatric programs consider alcohol/ illicit drug misuse a contraindication to BS. The purpose of this systematic review was …
Authors
Kanji S; Wong E; Akioyamen L; Melamed O; Taylor VH
Journal
International Journal of Obesity, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 1659–1674
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2019
DOI
10.1038/s41366-019-0397-x
ISSN
0307-0565