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In a case series of 13 patients who lost an average of >50 kg (BMI from 50 to 32 kg/m²) after bariatric surgery, characteristic lipedema limb pain did not improve (VAS 7.3 pre vs 7.9 post, p=0.28) and extremity fat persisted, indicating substantial weight loss did not reduce lipedema fat or symptoms.
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
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- Persistent lipedema pain in patients after bariatric surgery: a case series of 13 patients — Cornely et al. (2022) — refines · case series · 2022
Retrospective case series directly measuring lipedema pain before and after bariatric surgery; addresses the question but with small uncontrolled sample, showing weight loss did not alter lipedema symptoms.
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- 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000024