Francesco Saverio Papadia, UniGe lecturer in General Surgery at the Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences - DISC, publishes in Annals of Surgery the longest follow-up ever documented for any bariatric procedure.

The data on 85 patients, operated on between 1976 and 1979 and followed for 50 years, show:

• lasting weight loss and universal and permanent remission of type 2 diabetes
• significantly elevated mortality
• serious nutritional complications
• procedure-related deaths up to 37 years after surgery

The research results impose a paradigm shift in the evaluation of the long-term safety of obesity surgery.

The full article is in the university magazine: life.unige.it