nutrition therapy and bariatric surgery:

a powerful synergy

Nutrition therapy using OPTIFAST prior to bariatric surgery can provide significant benefits to surgeons and patients alike:

• Before bariatric surgery
• Improved transition to postoperative diet and behavior
• Reduced fatty liver and decrease in liver volume
• Decreased visceral adipose tissue

• After bariatric surgery
• Reduced risk of liver trauma and blood loss
• Reduced laparoscopic procedure time
• Increased weight loss first year postoperatively

Some OPTIFAST clinics and bariatric surgery centers offer presurgical support programs to help prepare patients for surgery. Many OPTIFAST clinics also welcome bariatric patients into their overall long-term management programs and continue to provide OPTIFAST products to those patients who were started on OPTIFAST prior to surgery.

References