The Bialystok Bariatric Surgery Study

The Bialystok Bariatric Surgery Study

The Bialystok Bariatric Surgery Study (BBSS) is a prospective observational cohort study of patients undergoing bariatric surgery at the First Clinical Department of General and Endocrine Surgery at the Medical University of Bialystok. The BBSS consists of a battery of baseline tests established one month prior to the surgery and repeated at one, three, six, twelve and twenty four-month follow-up clinical visits.

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2, or BMI ≥ 35 and at least one or more obesity-related co-morbidities such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart disease.
• Inability to achieve a healthy weight loss sustained for a period of time with prior weight loss efforts
• Patient consent for participation in research project
• Willingness in participation in follow-up visits

Exclusion Criteria:

• substance abuse,
• uncontrolled psychiatric illness
• expected lack of compliance
• advanced-stage cancer

Non-obese control group:

• BMI <30