Perioperative Complications Not Deciding Factor Between Two Bariatric Procedures
For patients undergoing primary bariatric surgery, perioperative complications and safety were similar between laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), the randomized BEST trial found. Incidence of any adverse event (AE) at 30 days didn’t significantly differ, occurring in 4.6% of sleeve gastrectomy and 6.3% of RYGB patients (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.47-1.08, […]
Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt: 300 Bariatric Surgery Patients Sued by Provider
Seven months after Lahavah Wallace’s weight loss operation, a New York bariatric surgery practice sued her, accusing her of “intentionally” failing to pay nearly $18,000 of her bill. Long Island Minimally Invasive Surgery, which does business as the New York Bariatric Group (NYBG), went on to accuse Wallace of “embezzlement,” alleging she kept insurance payments […]
Bariatric Surgery May Eliminate Obesity-Related Breast Cancer Risk
Bariatric surgery for women with obesity was associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk that reached levels seen among those with a normal body mass index (BMI), researchers have found. In their retrospective study of almost 70,000 women, an increased risk for incident breast cancer was observed in women who did not undergo bariatric […]
Bariatric Surgery Cuts All-Cause Mortality Rate Over Many Years
SAN DIEGO –Patients who underwent bariatric surgery saw a reduction in all-cause mortality that held strong over multiple years, researchers reported. In a retrospectives study, bariatric surgery patients were 16% less likely to die from any cause than their matched non-surgical counterparts over a median 13.2 follow-up period (hazard ratio 0.84, 95% CI 0.79-0.90, P<0.001), […]
Bariatric Surgery Ups Epilepsy Risk
Bariatric surgery increased the risk of epilepsy, a retrospective Canadian study showed. Over a minimum of 3 years follow-up, bariatric surgery patients had a 45% increased risk of developing epilepsy compared with people who did not have bariatric surgery (HR 1.45, 95% CI 1.35-1.56), reported Jorge Burneo, MD, MSPH, of Western University in London, Ontario, […]
Healthier Lifestyle Maintained After Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery patients tended to maintain healthier lifestyle habits compared with peers who were eligible but had not received this treatment, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). People approximately 7 years out of bariatric surgery reported more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) than those who were eligible but did not […]
Paired Anti-Obesity Drugs May Help Teens Shed More Weight After Metabolic Surgery
An add-on oral anti-obesity regimen may bolster bariatric surgery-induced weight loss in teens, a researcher reported. In a pilot study of 10 patients, adolescents who were placed on standard of care plus phentermine (Lomaira, Adipex-P) and topiramate (Trokendi XR, Qudexy XR, and Topamax) saw an average 4.3-point drop in BMI after 12 weeks compared with […]
Why Bariatric Surgery’s Mortality Risk Is Higher in Men
Men and women might see vastly different risks for death following bariatric surgery, a new study suggested. In nearly 20,000 bariatric surgery patients, men saw a five-fold higher rate of death within 30 days of undergoing weight loss surgery compared with women (0.48% vs 0.08%, P<0.001), representing 25 deaths among male patients and 12 deaths […]
Vascular Function: Another Benefit of Bariatric Surgery
Beyond weight loss, bariatric surgery was also effective at improving vascular outcomes, a new study found. In a study of more than 300 adults with obesity, there was an average 17.5% loss of initial body weight during a roughly 6-month follow-up period after undergoing bariatric surgery, reported Noyan Gokce, MD, of Boston Medical Center in […]