Standardized Pre- and Early Postoperative Dietary Protocols After Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience Across Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Ileal Procedures
Magda Rosa Ramos da Cruz, Alcides José Branco Filho, Felipe Ramos Quadros, Maria Vithoria Cordeiro Arruda, Marcos Leal Brioschi · 2026
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Magda Rosa Ramos da Cruz and colleagues report, in a 2026 study, twenty years of one diet plan wrapped around weight-loss surgery. Their Brazilian center used the same routine for 622 adults operated between 2004 and 2024. Patients ate a ten-day anti-inflammatory diet before surgery, then followed a two-stage liquid plan. After surgery, food textures advanced in a fixed order from liquids to purees to solids over thirty days.
Five operation types were covered, led by gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. Early gut symptoms stayed low: constipation led at about 9 percent, with vomiting close behind. Leaks at the surgical joins, the feared complication, appeared in only about half a percent of patients. Four in five patients had no symptoms at all in the first month. One intestinal technique produced symptoms most often yet still under a third. The authors credit the shared pathway, while asking for larger prospective tests.
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| CREATOR | Magda Rosa Ramos da Cruz, Alcides José Branco Filho, Felipe Ramos Quadros, Maria Vithoria Cordeiro Arruda, Marcos Leal Brioschi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24119 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |