Bariatric Surgery and Postoperative Management
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Severe obesity is a growing global health challenge, strongly associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and reduced quality of life. Bariatric and metabolic surgery has emerged as the most effective long-term treatment for severe obesity, providing durable weight loss, improvement in obesity-related diseases, and significant survival benefits. However, satisfactory outcomes of these procedures depend not only on the surgical technique but also on careful perioperative care, structured postoperative follow-up, and multidisciplinary management.
This Special Issue of Medicina will focus on current advances, challenges, and future directions in bariatric surgery and postoperative management. Topics of interest include technical innovations in primary and revisional procedures, strategies for enhanced recovery, perioperative optimization, and long-term follow-up models. Special emphasis will be placed on nutritional outcomes, management of complications, weight regain, quality of life, and the role of bariatric surgery in specific populations (e.g., adolescents, elderly, or patients with extreme BMI).
We welcome original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and high-quality case series that contribute to the evidence base and clinical practice of bariatric surgery. Our aim is to provide clinicians, researchers, and allied health professionals with practical and up-to-date insights to optimize patient care after metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Dr. Adam Abu Abeid
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bariatric surgery
- metabolic surgery
- obesity treatment
- postoperative management
- revisional surgery
- nutritional outcomes
- complications
- weight regain
- comorbidity resolution
- long-term follow-up
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