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Bariatric Surgery in a Morbidly Obese Achondroplasic Patient – Use of the 6-Minute Walk Test to Assess Mobility and Quality of Life

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A young woman with achondroplasia and morbid obesity (two disabling conditions) is presented. She underwent open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP). We emphasize preoperative preparation by a multidisciplinary team and the use of the 6-minute walk test to follow and assess mobility and quality of life.

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  1. Bariatric Unit, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    João Regis Ivar Carneiro, Vinícius Gomes da Silveira, Ana Carolina Nader Vasconcelos, Luciana Lopes de Souza, Denise Xerez, Gustavo Gavina da Cruz, José Carlos do Vale Quaresma & Raul G. A. Macedo

  2. Nutrology Department, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    João Regis Ivar Carneiro & José Egídio Paulo de Oliveira

  3. Physiatry Department, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Denise Xerez & José Carlos do Vale Quaresma

  4. V Enfermaria da Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    João Regis Ivar Carneiro

  5. R. Visconde de Pirajá, n. 550 1512, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CEP 22410-002

    João Regis Ivar Carneiro

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Carneiro, J.R.I., Gomes da Silveira, V., Vasconcelos, A.C.N. et al. Bariatric Surgery in a Morbidly Obese Achondroplasic Patient – Use of the 6-Minute Walk Test to Assess Mobility and Quality of Life. OBES SURG 17, 255–257 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9027-0

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