Age, Obesity Surgery, and Weight Loss

Author: Rand Colleen   Macgregor Alex  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 1708-0428

Source: Obesity Surgery, Vol.1, Iss.1, 1991-03, pp. : 47-49

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Abstract

Some centers consider an age over 50 to be a contraindication for obesity surgery. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between age and one-year postoperative weight of patients receiving gastric restrictive surgery (n = 616) for morbid obesity. Patients were divided into four age groups (18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-65 years) matched for preoperative obesity. At one year there were no statistically significant differences in weight loss or postoperative obesity. There were four (0.6%) surgically related deaths. The mortality of patients aged 50 or older (1.1%) was not significantly higher than that of younger patients (0.6%). It was concluded that older age per se need not be a contraindication for surgery.

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