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Quality of Life Assessment in the Morbidly Obese

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Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure of outcome after bariatric surgery. Impairment in QoL has been well documented in morbidly obese patients before undergoing bariatric surgery and has been shown to improve significantly within 3 months after the operative intervention. Improvement in QoL should be recognized as one of the benefits of bariatric surgery that can be quantified.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Ninh Nguyen MD

  2. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Estaban J Varela MD

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Tien Nguyen MD

  4. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Samuel E Wilson MD

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Nguyen, N., Varela, E.J., Nguyen, T. et al. Quality of Life Assessment in the Morbidly Obese. OBES SURG 16, 531–533 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1381/096089206776945110

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