Long-Term Weight Loss with Body Contour Surgery After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Recommended Citation
Luker J, Tajran J, Marquette L, Tepper D, Carlin A, Darian V, and Siddiqui A. Long-Term Weight Loss with Body Contour Surgery After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obes Surg 2021.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-13-2021
Publication Title
Obesity surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is accepted as an evidence-based treatment for morbid obesity. Many patients seek out body contour surgery afterwards to correct acquired deformities. This study seeks to better define the impact of body contour surgery on long-term weight loss.
METHODS: This study is a single-center retrospective review of 78 patients who underwent body contouring surgery post-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass compared with 221 matched control patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass only. Data was collected for patients at least 7 years post-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
RESULTS: Patients who underwent both bariatric surgery and body contour surgery maintained mean long-term weight loss of 58 kg. The matched control group mean weight loss over the same time interval was 42 kg. The difference was statistically and clinically significant (p = 0.005). Change in body mass index, percent total weight loss, and percent excess body mass index loss were all statistically significant between the 2 groups.
CONCLUSION: Patients who underwent body contour surgery better maintained long-term weight reduction in comparison to those who only had gastric bypass. Further understanding of the etiology of this association is important for patients contemplating body contouring surgery.
PubMed ID
33851305
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
