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Preoperative dietitian consultation improves postoperative weight loss outcomes in bariatric surgery patients.
See a dietitian before your surgery. This step helps you lose more weight afterward. It's a strong recommendation from experts.
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Preoperative dietitian consultation should be considered for patients undergoing bariatric surgery
Why this rating
Based on 3 RCTs, but quality of evidence was very low for weight loss due to risk of bias and heterogeneity.
Source
Clinical practice guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) on bariatric surgery: update 2020 endorsed by IFSO-EC, EASO and ESPCOP
Nicola Di Lorenzo et al. · Surgical Endoscopy · 2020
DOI 10.1007/s00464-020-07555-y
Meta-analysis · 65 studiesCited 457×
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