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Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience
Joint Authors
Moulla, Yusef
Lyros, Orestis
Blüher, Matthias
Simon, Philipp
Dietrich, Arne
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-01-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Despite the feasibility and safety of bariatric procedures nowadays, high-risk patients with vast obesity and severe comorbidities demonstrate relatively high perioperative morbidity and mortality rates and, therefore, form a distinguished challenge for the bariatric surgeons.
Methods.
We retrospectively analyzed high-risk patients, who underwent bariatric surgery in University Hospital Leipzig between May 2012 and December 2016.
High-risk patients were defined when (Bergeat et al., 2016) at least one of the following risk factors was met: age ≥ 70 years, body mass index (BMI) > 70 kg/m2, liver cirrhosis, end-organ failure, or immunosuppression by status after organ transplantation along with (Birkmeyer et al., 2010) at least two comorbidities associated with obesity.
Our analysis included early postoperative complications.
Results.
A total of 25 high-risk obese patients were identified.
All patients had a standardized postoperative management with a mean length of hospital stay of 4 ± 1.4 days.
One patient required an operative revision due to a stapler line leak after sleeve gastrectomy.
No other major postoperative complications occurred.
Conclusion.
Bariatric surgery for severe high-risk patients can be performed safely in high-volume centers following standardized procedures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Moulla, Yusef& Lyros, Orestis& Blüher, Matthias& Simon, Philipp& Dietrich, Arne. 2018. Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1196027
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Moulla, Yusef…[et al.]. Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Journal of Obesity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1196027
American Medical Association (AMA)
Moulla, Yusef& Lyros, Orestis& Blüher, Matthias& Simon, Philipp& Dietrich, Arne. Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Journal of Obesity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1196027
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1196027