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- Title
Yaşlılarda Obezite Cerrahisi.
- Authors
Çiftçi, Fatih; Anuk, Turgut
- Abstract
Aim: Although bariatric surgery for elderly obese patients is having high complication risks and with indefinite results, can be still beneficifial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of sleeve gastrectomy in elderly patients. Material and Method: All 65 years or older patients underwent laparascopic sleeve gastrectomy operation between April 2013-September 2017 included in this retrospective study. Demographic data, comorbidities due to obesity, body mass index, pre and post operative weight, recovery from comorbidities, followup time, postoperative complications, and duration of hospital stay were recorded. Elderly patients and patients under 65 years underwent sleeve gastrectomy were comparised according to results. Results: Fourteen patients (mean age 66.9±1.9 years) operated on for laparascopic sleeve gastrectomy. Mean 52.9% BMI loss obtained in the patients after 19-month follow-up. In the elderly patients, significant improvements were obtained for the comorbidities due to obesity. Complication rates were similiar among the two groups. Conclusion: Laparascopic sleeve gastrectomy is an effecitive and safe operation in elderly obese patients, but weight loss is more tolerable compared to younger patients. A selective group of elderly patients may benefit from bariatric surgery.
- Subjects
OLDER patients; SLEEVE gastrectomy; BARIATRIC surgery; BODY mass index; SURGICAL complications; GASTRIC bypass
- Publication
Kafkas Journal of Medical Sciences / Kafkas Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
2146-2631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/kjms.2021.24540