Bariatric surgery before and after kidney transplantation: long-term weight loss and allograft outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe obesity is frequently a barrier to kidney transplantation, and kidney transplant recipients often have significant weight gain following transplantation.

Objectives

The goals of this study were to evaluate the long-term risks and benefits of bariatric surgery before and after kidney transplantation.

Setting

University Hospital, United States.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of 43 patients who had pretransplantation bariatric surgery and 21 patients who had posttransplantation bariatric surgery from 1994 to 2017 with propensity-score matching to identify matched controls using national registry data.

Results

Body mass index at the time of transplantation was similar in patients who underwent bariatric surgery before ver

SUBMITTER: Cohen JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature