Association of Bariatric Surgery With Risk of Fracture in Patients With Severe Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given the complex relationship between body mass index, body composition, and bone density and the correlative nature of the studies that have established the prevailing notion that higher body mass indices may be protective against osteopenia and osteoporosis and, therefore, fracture, the absolute risk of fracture in patients with severe obesity who undergo either Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or sleeve gastrectomy (SG) compared with those who do not undergo bariatric surgery is unknown.

Objective

To assess the rates of fractures associated with obesity and compare rates between those who do not undergo bariatric surgery, those who undergo RYGB, and those who undergo SG.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective multicenter cohort study of

SUBMITTER: Khalid SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7287567 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature