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Risk factors for bariatric surgery in patients over 65 years of age-a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Natalia Dowgiałło-GornowiczPaweł LechBartosz KatkowskiMaciej WalędziakMonika Proczko-StepaniakMichał SzymańskiIzabela KarpińskaPiotr Major
Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2024)
Bariatric and metabolic surgery appears to be a safe method of obesity treatment in patients over 65 years of age. The most common complication was intraperitoneal bleeding. A prolonged hospital stay may increase the risk of leakage, while a higher weight loss before the surgery may lower the risk of bleeding.
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