Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival in Patients With Obesity and End-stage Kidney Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Obesity rates in patients with end-stage kidney disease are rising, contribute to excess morbidity, and limit access to kidney transplant. Despite this, there continues to be controversy around the use of bariatric surgery in this patient population.

Objective

To determine whether bariatric surgery is associated with improvement in long-term survival among patients with obesity and end-stage kidney disease.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study and secondary analysis of previously collected data from the United States Renal Data System registry (2006-2015). We used Cox proportional hazards analysis to evaluate differences in outcomes for patients receiving bariatric surgery (n = 1597) compared with a matched cohort of nonsurgical pati

SUBMITTER: Sheetz KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7254435 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature