• Cancer Risk After Bariatric Surgery in a Cohort Study from the Five Nordic Countries 

      Tao, Wenjing; Giola, Santoni; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Ljung, Rickard; Lynge, Elsebeth; Pukkala, Eero; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Lagergren, Jesper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose Obesity increases the risk of several cancers, but the influence of bariatric surgery on the risk of individual obesity-related cancers is unclear. This study aimed to assess the impact of bariatric surgery on ...
    • Effects of Obesity Surgery on Overall and Disease-Specific Mortality in a 5-Country Population-Based Study 

      Kauppila, Joonas H.; Tao, Wenjing; Santoni, Giola; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Lynge, Elsebeth; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Pukkala, Eero; Lagergren, Jesper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background & Aims Bariatric surgery might reduce overall mortality from obesity. We investigated whether the survival times of patients who have had bariatric surgery are similar to those of the general population and are ...
    • Reintervention or mortality within 90 days of bariatric surgery: population-based cohort study 

      Kauppila, Joonas H.; Giola, Santoni; Tao, Wenjing; Lynge, Elsebeth; Koivukangas, Vesa; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Pukkala, Eero; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Lagergren, Jesper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Bariatric surgery carries a risk of severe postoperative complications, sometimes leading to reinterventions or even death. The incidence and risk factors for reintervention and death within 90 days after ...
    • Risk Factors for Suicide After Bariatric Surgery in a Population-based Nationwide Study in Five Nordic Countries 

      Kauppila, Joonas H.; Giola, Santoni; Tao, Wenjing; Lynge, Elsebeth; Jokinen, Jussi; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Pukkala, Eero; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Lagergren, Jesper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To identify risk factors for suicide after bariatric surgery. Summary background data: Bariatric surgery reduces obesity-related mortality. However, it is for unclear reasons is associated with an increased ...