Long-term incidence and outcomes of obesity-related peripheral vascular disease after bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Patients with obesity are at high risk of suffering from arterial and venous peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Bariatric surgery is an effective strategy to achieve weight reduction for patients with obesity. The long-term impact of bariatric surgery on obesity-related morbidity is subject to increasing research interest. This study aimed to ascertain the impact of bariatric surgery on the long-term occurrence of PVD in patients with obesity.

Methods

The study population was extracted from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, a nation-wide database containing primary and secondary care records of consenting patients. The intervention cohort was 2959 patients who had undergone bariatric surgery during follow-up; their controls were 2959 propensity-sco

SUBMITTER: Moussa O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature