Are there studies revealing patients suffer psychological sequelae as a result of surgery?
There was a recent study by Adams and colleagues1 that compared thousands of people with surgery to exact matches of people without surgery. They found that the mortality rate of the surgery group was 63% less than the non-surgery cohort. Mortality from diabetes, cancer, and heart disease decreased by 92%, 60%, and 56%, respectively. However, post-surgery patients had a higher suicide rate and a higher rate of death from accidents. Immedately after bariatric surgery, numerous patients experience a honeymoon of euphoria from the weight loss. However, after 2–3 years, they realize that all of their problems were not just about their weight; that is, the procedure helps a person lose weight and it may make diseases go away, but it does not make the world go away. For example, maybe their significant other is still mean, their son still takes drugs, or they still owe money. These are issues of every day life. Patients could possibly undergo a rebound issue when they come to that realizatio
