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 MajorPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- minimally invasive
- roux en y gastric bypass
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- gastric bypass
- obese patients
- ejection fraction
- atrial fibrillation
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- healthcare
- weight gain
- insulin resistance
- peritoneal dialysis
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- emergency department
- body mass index
- high fat diet induced
- double blind