Complications After Bariatric Surgery: A Multicentric Study of 11,568 Patients from Indian Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Reporting Group

Overview

Journal J Minim Access Surg

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2020 Sep 23

PMID 32964881

Citations 15

Authors

Ramen Goel

Amrit Manik Nasta

Madhu Goel

Arun Prasad

Gurvinder Jammu

Mathias Fobi

Mohamed Ismail

Praveen Raj

Raj Palaniappan

Sandeep Aggarwal

Vivek Bindal

Abhishek Katakwar

Amar Vennapusa

Aparna Govil Bhasker

Atul Peters

Deep Goel

Digvijay Bedi

Jaydeep Palep

Lakshmi Kona

Magan Mehrotra

Manish Baijal

Mohit Bhandari

Nandakishore Dukkipati

Randeep Wadhawan

Sarfaraz Baig

Satish Pattanshetti

Surendra Ugale

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Abstract

Background: Complications after bariatric surgery are not uncommon occurrences that influence the choice of operations both by patients and by surgeons. Complications may be classified as intra-operative, early (<30 days post-operatively) or late (beyond 30 days). The prevalence of complications is influenced by the sample size, surgeon's experience and length and percentage of follow-up. There are no multicentric reports of post-bariatric complications from India.

Objectives: To examine the various complications after different bariatric operations that currently performed in India.

Materials And Methods: A scientific committee designed a questionnaire to examine the post-bariatric surgery complications during a fixed time period in India. Data requested included demographic data, co-morbidities, type of procedure, complications, investigations and management of complications. This questionnaire was sent to all centres where bariatric surgery is performed in India. Data collected were reviewed, were analysed and are presented.

Results: Twenty-four centres responded with a report on 11,568 bariatric procedures. These included 4776 (41.3%) sleeve gastrectomy (SG), 3187 (27.5%) one anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB), 2993 (25.9%) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and 612 (5.3%) other procedures. Total reported complications were 363 (3.13%). Post-operative bleeding (0.75%) and nutritional deficiency (0.75%) were the two most common complications. Leaks (P = 0.009) and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (P = 0.019) were significantly higher in SG, marginal ulcers in OAGB (P = 0.000), intestinal obstruction in RYGB (P = 0.001) and nutritional complications in other procedures (P = 0.000). Overall, the percentage of complications was higher in 'other' procedures (6.05%, P = 0.000). There were 18 (0.16%) reported mortalities.

Conclusions: The post-bariatric composite complication rate from the 24 participating centres in this study from India is at par with the published data. Aggressive post-bariatric follow-up is required to improve nutritional outcomes.

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