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 …

Purpose Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is increasingly performed in patients with
previous solid organ transplantation (PSOT). In addition, controversy remains about whether …

The increasing obesity epidemic has major implications in the realm of transplantation.
Patients with obesity face barriers in access to transplant and unique challenges in …

How clinicians perform pre-surgical psychological evaluations (PSPE) for bariatric surgery
remains variable across institutions. Bariatric PSPE guidelines state that self-report …

The authors review the psychosocial aspects of transplantation. They first review
psychosocial risk factors that place transplant patients at higher risk for noncompliance and …

Pre-surgical psychological evaluations (PSPE) are required by many insurance companies
and used to help identify risk factors that may compromise bariatric post-surgical outcomes …

Introduction Obesity is a risk factor for poor patient outcomes after organ transplantation
(TXP). While metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is safe and effective in treating severe …

Background Obesity is a major risk factor for transplant. Laparoscopic bariatric surgery (LBS)
offers transplant patient benefits including improved comorbidities, graft function, and …

Background As obesity prevalence grows, more end-stage organ disease patients will be
precluded from transplant. Numerous reports suggest bariatric surgery in end-stage organ …

Background Bariatric surgery (BS) may help transplant patients by improving their
comorbidities and graft function and reducing the recurrence of the disease that led to the …