Table 2 Preoperative management of MBS in patients with low BMI as reported by the participants of the survey
Questions | Responses (percentage) the most reported answer was bolded | |
|---|---|---|
Should all cases with class 1 obesity undergo preoperative eating disorder and psychological assessment anyway? | Yes (84.56%) | NO (15.44%) |
Do you consider nutritional assessment for all cases with class I obesity? | Yes (91.90%) | NO (8.10%) |
Do you prefer performing body composition studies preoperatively in this group (for example: fat mass and muscle mass) | Yes (65.82%) | NO (34.18%) |
Should all patients in this group have MDT evaluation? | Yes (82.28%) | NO (17.72%) |
Do you consider pharmacotherapy (for example Liraglutide) for this group before recommend to MBS? | Yes (64.81%) | NO (35.19%) |
Non-surgical therapies including diet and exercise and pharmacotherapy are effective and durable in long term weight reduction and resolutions of comorbidities for class 1 obesity? | Agree (38.99%) | Disagree (61.01%) |
Surgical interventions should be considered just after failure of nonsurgical treatments? | Agree (81.01%) | Disagree (18.99%) |