ArticleObesity surgery2017
Bariatric Surgery in Septuagenarians: a Comparison with <60 Year Olds.
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- Efficacy and safety of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in patients of 70 years and older: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
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- Primary Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Persons Aged over 65 Years. GRADE-based International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) Position Statement.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Obesity Solutions for Patients over 65 Years of Age: Surgeon Perspectives on Anti-obesity Medications and Metabolic Bariatric Surgery - International Survey Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Predictors of complete remission of hypertension in patients over 65 years of age after bariatric surgery - a multicenter study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in Patients Older than 65 Years - a Multicenter Study.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Best practice approach for redo-surgeries after sleeve gastrectomy, an expert's modified Delphi consensus.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Changes in Body Composition, Comorbidities, and Nutritional Status Associated with Lower Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery in Older Subjects.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThere is reluctance amongst many healthcare professionals to offer bariatric surgery to septuagenarians. There is only one study in the scientific literature specifically describing any experience with this group of patients and none that compares the outcomes in this group with younger patients.
methodsWe retrospectively examined our prospective database to identify all those who were >70 years old at the time of bariatric surgery. This group was then compared with a matched (for sex, body mass index, surgical procedure, and time of surgery) cohort of younger (<60 year old) patients. Information was obtained from our database, case notes, hospital electronic records, by interviewing team members, and from general practitioners.
resultsA total of 10 septuagenarians were compared with 10 younger patients (mean age 41 years). There were one early complication and 1 late complication in the over 70 group as opposed to no early complication and 2 late complications in the younger group. There was no mortality or early reoperation in either group. Excess weight loss of 50.4, 67.4, and 74.0% in the >70 age group at 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively, was no different to 51.3, 70.8, and 73.9% in <60 year olds. The effect on the co-morbidity resolution was similar in the two groups.
conclusionIn carefully selected septuagenarians, bariatric surgery can be performed with safety and efficacy comparable to those <60 years old.
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