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09.08.2018 | Letter to the Editor
In Response to: “The Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Aged 75 Years and Older”
verfasst von:
Damien Bergeat, Laurence Lacaze, Laurent Sulpice, Karim Boudjema, Ronan Thibault
Erschienen in:
Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 10/2018
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the recently published monocentric study coming from a center of excellence focusing on obesity surgery in the older [
1]. This paper is of interest, since even the number of patients included in the analysis is small (
n = 19), and data concerning results of obesity in patients over 75 years old are scarce. In this much-selected population, the authors report that obesity surgery could lead to interesting results about weight loss (median %EWL = 47.1%) at 1 year and remission of obesity-related diseases. As it was previously reported, results about weight loss and diabetes resolution are still encouraging but overall less good than those obtained with younger patients [
2]. Due to the high expertise of the operating center, postoperative morbidity and mortality were impressive and lower than expected from patient age. …
