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- Title
Omentectomy in Addition to Bariatric Surgery-a 5-Year Follow-up.
- Authors
Andersson, Daniel; Eriksson-Hogling, Daniel; Bäckdahl, Jesper; Thorell, Anders; Löfgren, Patrik; Rydén, Mikael; Arner, Peter; Hoffstedt, Johan
- Abstract
Aim: Omentectomy in addition to bariatric surgery has been suggested to improve metabolic outcome but short-term (6-24 months) studies have refuted this notion. We investigated whether there was any long-term impact of omentectomy. Methods: Forty-nine obese women underwent gastric bypass surgery and were randomly assigned to omentectomy ( n = 26) or not ( n = 23). They were re-examined after 5 years including dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for body composition, blood pressure and blood sampling. Results: There were no significant differences between the two groups at baseline ( p = 0.07-0.93) or 5 years post-operatively ( p = 0.15-0.93) regarding weight, BMI, body composition, HOMA-IR, plasma cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or triglycerides. Conclusion: In agreement with previous shorter studies, removal of the greater omentum in addition to GBP is not associated with metabolic benefits after long-term follow-up.
- Subjects
BARIATRIC surgery; HEALTH outcome assessment; GASTRIC bypass; TRIGLYCERIDES; SURGICAL complications
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 4, p1115
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-017-2576-y