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2018, Surgery (United States)Citation Excerpt :Barkun et al17 from Montreal revealed a 40% increase in costs of laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy versus open repair; however, postoperative improvement in pain and quality of life might potentially balance the increased cost. Martin et al18 reported that surgical treatment was more cost-effective than medical management at producing and maintaining weight loss; however, they warned “it is imperative that long-term follow-up studies be funded to definitely establish this finding.” Knechtle et al19 from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) recommended liver transplantation early in the course of primary sclerosing cholangitis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease to avoid the lethal complications of cholangiocarcinoma; however, liver transplantation did not reduce the risk of colon carcinoma.
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2010, Surgery for Obesity and Related DiseasesCitation Excerpt :A widening body of data have now demonstrated the overall cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery when examined from a system wide or longer term perspective. A 1995 study comparing the costs of gastric bypass versus medical therapy among 362 patients found surgery was associated with a much greater chance of success at 5 years (89% versus 21%) and that, at 6 years, the cost of medical therapy exceeded that of surgery [35]. An Australian study using a modeled lifetime analysis for patients with type 2 diabetes conclusively demonstrated a mean healthcare savings of $2400 and 1.2 additional quality-adjusted life-years per patient [36].
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2007, Journal of Surgical ResearchCitation Excerpt :Severely obese people rarely lose weight with conventional diet and exercise programs [6]. In this population, surgery is increasingly being viewed as the best intervention for weight loss and maintenance [7–9]. Researchers and surgeons have found bariatric surgery to have significant potential for increased weight loss, maintenance of weight loss, improvement or amelioration of comorbid conditions, improved quality of life, improved productivity, and decreased mortality [9–11].
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Presented at the Fifty-second Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Cleveland, Ohio, March 9–11, 1995.