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- Title
Suboptimal results after sphincteroplasty: another hazard of obesity.
- Authors
Hong, K.; DaSilva, G.; Dollerschell, J.; Wexner, S.
- Abstract
Background: This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of sphincteroplasty in obese patients. Methods: Patients with fecal incontinence (FI) who underwent sphincter repair were identified and divided into obese [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m] and nonobese (BMI < 30 kg/m) groups. Cleveland Clinic Florida FI Score (CCFFIS: 0 best and 20 worst) and FI quality of life (FIQoL) score (mean global FIQoL: 4.11 best and 1 worst) were recorded. Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U tests compared quantitative variables; Fisher's exact test was used for categorical variables. Results: Seventy-nine patients (78 females; mean age: 57 ± 15 years) were divided into obese ( n = 15) and nonobese ( n = 64) groups and were similar in age, etiology, physiologic parameters, and preoperative CCFFIS. Median follow-up was 64 (13-138) months. There were 3 (25 %) and 11 (17 %) complications in the obese and nonobese groups, respectively ( p = 0.68), the most common being wound infection. Mean CCFFIS decreased from 16.0 ± 3.9 to 11.5 ± 6.5 in the obese ( p < 0.001) and 16.2 ± 3.4 to 8.4 ± 5.0 in the nonobese groups ( p < 0.001). Postoperative CCFFIS correlated with FIQoL (Spearman's correlation coefficient = −0.738, p < 0.001). Nonobese patients had significantly higher CCFFIS improvement (48 vs. 28 % p = 0.04) and a superior mean global FIQoL score (2.19 ± 0.9 vs. 2.93 ± 0.8, p < 0.01). Four (29 %) obese and 11 (17 %) nonobese patients required further surgery after failed sphincteroplasty ( p = 0.45). Conclusions: Risk of complications and need of further continence surgery were similar between obese and nonobese patients. However, obese patients experienced less improvement after sphincteroplasty.
- Subjects
OBESITY; NUTRITION disorders; OVERWEIGHT persons; COMPULSIVE eating; BODY weight
- Publication
Techniques in Coloproctology, 2014, Vol 18, Issue 11, p1055
- ISSN
1123-6337
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10151-014-1195-z