@article{ref1,
title="Psychosocial considerations in the combined bariatric surgery and organ transplantation population: a review of the overlapping pathologies and outcomes",
journal="Curr Opin Organ Transplant",
year="2022",
author="Fipps, David C. and Sinha, Shirshendu and Diwan, Tayyab S. and Clark, Matthew M.",
volume="27",
number="6",
pages="514-522",
abstract="PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review highlights the salient data of the psychosocial concerns that influence outcomes of bariatric surgery and organ transplantation. RECENT FINDINGS: Bariatric surgery has emerged as an important intervention with data supporting substantial and sustained weight loss, enhanced quality of life, remission of obesity-related medical comorbidities, and improved long-term patient and graft survival in transplant patients. Depression, suicide, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol use, adherence, and psychopharmacology considerations can influence outcomes of both these surgeries. SUMMARY: Obesity is increasingly prevalent among patients pursuing transplantation surgery, and it is often a factor in why a patient needs a transplant. However, obesity can be a barrier to receiving a transplant, with many centers implementing BMI criteria for surgery. Furthermore, obesity and obesity-related comorbidities after transplant can cause poor outcomes. In this context, many transplant centers have created programs that incorporate interventions (such as bariatric surgery) that target obesity in transplant candidates. A presurgery psychosocial assessment is an integral (and required) part of the process towards receiving a bariatric surgery and/or a transplantation surgery. When conducting a dual (bariatric and transplantation surgery) psychosocial assessment, it is prudent to understand the overlap and differentiation of specific psychosocial components that influence outcomes in these procedures.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1531-7013",
doi="10.1097/MOT.0000000000001023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0000000000001023"
}