Postoperative 4-Year Outcomes in Septuagenarians Following Bariatric Surgery
| Autor: | Ambar Banerjee, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Edward Hernandez, Dimitrios I. Athanasiadis, Rebecca C. Dirks |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Confounding Population medicine.disease Obesity Comorbidity Surgery Older patients Weight loss Medicine Effective treatment medicine.symptom business education |
| Zdroj: | Obesity Surgery. 31:5127-5131 |
| ISSN: | 1708-0428 0960-8923 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11695-021-05694-2 |
| Popis: | Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity; however, its utilization in older patients remains low. There is a dearth of literature on long-term effectiveness and safety of bariatric surgery in septuagenarian patients. The aim of this study was to compare the short- and long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery in this population. Patients who underwent primary laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) at our institution between 2011 and 2015 were included. Patients were divided into two age groups |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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