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. 2023 Aug;33(8):2608-2610.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06655-7. Epub 2023 Jun 22.

Bariatric Surgery Should Be Proposed in Certain Septuagenarian Patients with Obesity

Boris Hansel  1 , Pierre Sabatier  2 , Diana Kadouch  3 , Tigran Poghosyan  4 , Konstantinos Arapis  5 , Claire Rives-Lange  6   7 , Sebastien Czernichow  8   9 , Anne-Sophie Jannot  2 , Claire Carette  8   9
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Bariatric Surgery Should Be Proposed in Certain Septuagenarian Patients with Obesity

Boris Hansel et al. Obes Surg. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Bariatric surgery (BS) is rarely performed on patients aged 70 and over, due to the fear of adverse effects, particularly related to sarcopenia. We examined the outcome of obese patients who underwent BS after the age of 69 in the French population. Operated subjects were matched with non-operated obese patients (n = 1307 in each group after matching). We showed that BS was associated with a reduction in mortality and no increase in the risks of rehospitalization or fracture events.

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Elderly.

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