Obesity surgery makes patients healthier and more functional: real world results from the United Kingdom National Bariatric Surgery Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) is the largest bespoke database in the field in the United Kingdom.

Objectives

Our aim was to analyze the NBSR to determine whether the effects of obesity surgery on associated co-morbidities observed in small randomized controlled clinical trials could be replicated in a "real life" setting within U.K. healthcare.

Setting

United Kingdom.

Methods

All NBSR entries for operations between 2000 and 2015 with associated demographic and co-morbidity data were analyzed retrospectively.

Results

A total of 50,782 entries were analyzed. The patients were predominantly female (78%) and white European with a mean age of 45 ± 11 years and a mean body mass index of 48 ± 8 kg/m². Over 5 years of follo

SUBMITTER: Miras AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097875 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature