Talk:Bariatric surgery

Work Plan
Address the following in order to improve quality and reliability of the article:

- Lead section (MP or CB)

- Add detail and update data on subsections

-Use peer reviewed review articles and meta-analyses to add updated information on topic

-Add citations to physiology section (CB)

-Improve Adverse Effects section (MP responsible)

-Embed links to other Wiki articles as indicated (MP responsible)

-Expand history section (MP, CB)

-Expand data points for type II DM, fertility, mental health, mortality/morbidity (MP responsible)

-Add section on cardiovascular benefits (MP responsible)

-Significantly expand adverse outcomes section (MP/CB)

- Improve structure

- Evaluate for balanced coverage, neutral content

- Evaluate sources for reliability

-Remove and update sources for newer studies if indicated

Petersonmk18 (talk) 15:38, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Petersonmk18 and I will work on this article as a team.
 * To address the following in order to elevate the quality and reliability of the article:
 * o  Lead section
 * o  Clear structure
 * o  Balanced coverage
 * o  Neutral content
 * o  Reliable sources
 * ·      Address sources with the addition of more recent and improved references due to the influx of new publications in recent years to keep the article up to date
 * o  This will be a shared responsibility of our team
 * ·      Update the physiology section as citations are needed heavily throughout this section, and the article is expanded in certain sub-sections only rather than an even spread of information on each mechanism
 * o  I will oversee this section
 * ·      Refine the indications and adverse effects sections using more recent sources
 * o  Embed links to other surgical procedure Wiki pages as appropriate
 * o  My teammate will oversee this section
 * ·      Expand upon the history section as this is truncated.
 * o  My teammate will oversee this section
 * ·      Evaluate the types sections and further refine to help the article remain up to date and neutral
 * o  I will oversee this section
 * CourseAccount2024 (talk) 16:03, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Peer Review
 * Overall, you guys did a great job editing the article and added a lot of valuable information
 * Given the rise in obesity among adolescents, I appreciate the addition of a few paragraphs on considerations in this patient population
 * Great job of updating a significant number of citations and adding links to other Wikipedia articles
 * The article is also very readable
 * Good job adjusting the formatting to align with the Wikipedia Manual
 * Great job providing quality information while remaining neutral
 * Planned edits based on the workplan were all met
 * Possible edits:
 * Given that there are multiple techniques it may be helpful to add more information regarding which procedures may be preferred based on patient characteristics or comorbidities
 * Could be helpful to add more detail to the captions for the images in the techniques section
 * For the section on adolescent patients, I know the current literature is limited, but are there any reviews that discuss short-term outcomes for these patients and demonstrate that it can be a successful procedure in terms of quality of life or short-term weight loss? If so, it may be helpful to add a couple sentences about this.
 * Ckyin19 (talk) 20:57, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Other ethnic groups
Might the article discuss the impact of bariatric surgery on diverse ethnic populations? Are there variations in outcomes among different ethnic groups, or is there a particular group more susceptible to long-term complications following weight loss procedures? Cms1982 (talk) 01:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Merge proposal
The new article on Stomach reduction surgery does indeed overlap with this one, so I support the May proposal to merge it to here. Klbrain (talk) 08:55, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * you've moved a student article from users space to main space creating what appears to be a duplicate topic; you might want to comment if you think that there are are substantive scope differences that warrant a new article. Klbrain (talk) 08:59, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Biased search blurb
The blurb for this article in the search bar reads "Invasive procedures aimed to force an obese person to a limited food intake." This rings unnecessarily strident, as though it were passing a value judgment against the concept of bariatric surgery; I'd reword it to something like "Surgical procedure for management of obesity" if I could, but I'm not quite sure how 216.16.137.230 (talk) 17:25, 8 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Changed the "short description" to your good suggestion, with thanks. What search engine did you use to retrieve specifically the short description? Either within the Wikipedia search bar or Google, the first lines of the article lede come up for me. Zefr (talk) 18:46, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I was using the Wikipedia search bar (in Chrome) if it matters, but thanks for changing it 216.16.137.230 (talk) 13:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)