BACKGROUND: With the growth of surgical interventions to reduce obesity, there is a necessity of a periodic nutritional attendance at long term to ensure the nutritional status of the patients. AIM: To assess the adherence to the periodic nutritional attendance of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. METHODS: Data were collected from registration forms of a nutrition service from patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2001 and 2008. RESULTS: Were evaluated 469 registration forms, of which 83% corresponded to female and 16.8% to male, with a mean age of 38.2 ± 12.03 years. The attendance showed an average of 2.04 ± 0.77 pre-operatively queries and 3.4 ± 9.19 post-operative queries and there was progressive reduction in assiduity of these patients in surgical follow-up. CONCLUSION: There was a high dropout of the patients in post-operative nutritional attendance, being primarily concerned about the high dropout after two years of surgery; this tendency may result in metabolic complications and regain of lost weight.
Obesity, morbid; Bariatric surgery; Postoperative Period
