Bariatric Surgery and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between obesity and rising incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the USA has been documented; however, the role of bariatric surgery remains less clear.

Aim

To evaluate the cross-sectional association of prior-bariatric surgery and HCC.

Methods

The United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried from 2004 to 2014 for discharges with a diagnosis of morbid obesity. Primary outcomes of interest were HCC and in-hospital mortality rate. Secondary outcomes were length of stay and cost. Baseline characteristics were balanced using propensity score matching (PSM). Using Poisson and logistic regressions, adjusted HCC prevalence ratio (PR) and mortality odds ratio (OR) were derived in patients with prior-bariatric surgery

SUBMITTER: Njei B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6219901 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature