Although multiple medical societies over recent years have recommended lowering the threshold for bariatricsurgery to a BMI of 30-35 in certain patients, very few patients in this weight category have had such surgery, according to a new study.
"Professional guidelines and increasing data support bariatric surgery for patients beginning at BMI 30, which is a tipping point for disease progression. Now it needs to happen in the real world," outgoing ASMBS president Teresa LaMasters, MD, who was not involved with this research, said in an ASMBS press release.
Another potential reason is"the lack of awareness of the changing guidelines and recommendation among primary care physicians who refer patients for a bariatric surgery evaluation." "We need to expand the availability of bariatric surgery for all eligible patients, and particularly the class 1 obesity population who are currently the most underserved," he said.
"Medications are a safe, effective option for patients with a BMI from 30 to 35," he said,"and [they] achieve approximately a 15% to 20% average weight loss, which is enough to markedly improved both metabolic parameters and biomechanical issues such as knee pain, hip pain andHowever,"bariatric surgery remains an excellent option for patients who do not respond sufficiently to pharmacotherapy," he acknowledged.
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