Journal article
Very low energy diets before nonbariatric surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Very low energy diets serve as an intensive approach to weight loss in a short period of time. Although the preoperative use of very low energy diets to optimize patients with obesity before bariatric surgery is well established, the evidence for very low energy diets before other types of surgery remains unclear. The aim of this review was to determine the impact of preoperative very low energy diets on perioperative outcomes in …
Authors
McKechnie T; Povolo CA; Lee J; Lee Y; Park L; Doumouras AG; Hong D; Bhandari M; Eskicioglu C
Journal
Surgery, Vol. 172, No. 6, pp. 1733–1743
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.surg.2022.09.006
ISSN
0039-6060