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- Title
Olfactory and Gustatory Function After Bariatric Surgery.
- Authors
Holinski, Franca; Menenakos, Charalambos; Haber, Georg; Olze, Heidi; Ordemann, Juergen
- Abstract
Background: Neither hormone levels nor malabsorption alone fully explains the distinct weight loss after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients. Postoperatively, patients regularly report a change in the sense of taste and the development of food aversions. Hedonic and sensory components like olfactory and gustatory stimuli significantly affect appetite and flavour. Methods: We prospectively analysed the orthonasal olfactory and gustatory function with psychophysical testing in 44 patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or adjustable gastric banding (AGB) and in 23 healthy controls. Results: About 22.7 % of morbidly obese patients were hyposmic, showing significantly lower threshold-discrimination-identification (TDI) scores ( p = 0.009) with decreased discrimination and identification ability. In addition, 22.7 % of patients were tested to be limited in gustatory function, with significantly lower taste strip test (TST) scores ( p = 0.003). Six months after surgery, olfactory and gustatory function was not different when compared to healthy controls. Conclusions: Due to obesity, patients frequently show impaired olfactory and gustatory function. Six months after laparoscopic bariatric surgery, both chemosensory functions improve. The TDI test is an appropriate tool to measure olfactory function in obese patients.
- Subjects
OLFACTORY perception; TASTE perception; GASTRIC banding; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC bypass
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 12, p2314
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-015-1683-x