Esam Batayyah, Gautam Sharma, Ali Aminian, Hector Romero-Talamas, Andrea Zelisko, Kathleen Ashton, Philip R Schauer, Stacy A Brethauer, Leslie Heinberg
Background: Implementation of a multidisciplinary conference (MC) attended by medical, surgical, nutrition, bioethics, and psychology specialists may help identify treatment plans for bariatric surgery candidates with a high-risk psychiatric profile. Methods: Data were assessed for all bariatric candidates evaluated by the MC in an academic center between January 2009 and December 2010. Results: A total of 134 patients of 2798 patients assessed by four different psychologists were subsequently evaluated by the MC...
December 1, 2015: Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care