Abstract
Background
Since 1 January 2005, the practice of bariatric surgery has been examined with the help of the German Bariatric Surgery Registry (GBSR) in Germany. The focus of the study was to evaluate if sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has the best benefit in terms of perioperative risk in patients over 60 years of age.
Methods
Data collection includes patients over the age of 60 years who underwent SG or RYGB between 2005 and 2017. The bougie is limited to 33–40 French for SG. Furthermore, the RYGB is determined to be 120–180 cm alimentary and 40–60 cm biliopancreatic length. Outcome criteria are perioperative morbidity, postoperative complications, 30-day mortality, and postoperative length of stay.
Results
The study analyzes data from 3561 patients beyond the age of 60 years who underwent SG (1970 patients) and RYGB (1591 patients). Mean age of the patients was 63.4 ± 3.2 in the RYGB group and 63.8 ± 3.5 in the SG group. Mean BMI was 46.4 ± 6.8 in the RYGB group and 49.1 ± 8.0 in the SG group. The average number of comorbidities was 4.5 ± 2.4 for RYGB and 4.5 ± 2.3 for SG. For the 30-day mortality, identical results were found SG vs. RYGB (0.31 vs. 0.38, p = 1.000).
Conclusion
Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that both SG and RYGB in patients ≥ 60 years can be considered safe surgical procedures.
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Thaher, O., Wolf, S., Hukauf, M. et al. Propensity Score–Matching Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) vs. Gastric Bypass (RYGB) in Patients ≥ 60 Years. OBES SURG 31, 2682–2690 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05320-1
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