Bariatric surgery in a public hospital: a 10-year experience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity is common and adversely impacts quality-of-life and healthcare cost. In Australia, less than 10% of bariatric surgeries are performed in the public sector. This study reports our 10-year experience from a high volume public bariatric service which delivers multi-disciplinary care for primary and revisional procedures with mid- to long-term follow-up.

Methods

A prospectively maintained database of all patients who underwent bariatric surgery from January 2010 to January 2020 at a tertiary metropolitan hospital was analysed. We analysed patient demographics, comorbidities, perioperative outcomes, 2- and 5-year weight loss as well as comorbidities reduction.

Results

A total of 995 patients underwent 1086 (674 primary and 412 revisional) bariatric pro

SUBMITTER: Aly A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9546354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature