ArticleSurgical endoscopy2020
Male gender is an independent risk factor for patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: an MBSAQIP® database analysis.
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- Comparative Analysis of Patient Characteristics and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in DoD and VA Populations.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
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- Sex Differences in Obesity and Its Treatment.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Series Post-bariatric Surgery: Predictors, Usage, and Utility.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- A Simple Way to Estimate a Difficult Sleeve Gastrectomy Prior to Operating.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Association between the presence ofSAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Procedure Matters in Gender-Associated Outcomes following Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery: Five Year North American Matched Cohort Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Prescription and consumption of opioids after bariatric surgery: a multicenter prospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
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- Body mass index and risk of mortality in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- The Sexual Dimorphism of Human Adipose Depots.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Predictors for weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: the trend and associated factors for weight loss.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Association of Bariatric Surgery With Vascular Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Sex disparity in laparoscopic bariatric surgery outcomes: a matched-pair cohort analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMale patients undergoing bariatric surgery have (historically) been considered higher risk than females. The aim of this study was to examine the disparity between genders undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) procedures and assess gender as an independent risk factor.
methodsThe MBSAQIP® Data Registry Participant User Files for 2015-2017 was reviewed for patients having primary SG and RYGB. Patients were divided into groups based on gender and procedure. Variables for major complications were grouped together, including but not limited to PE, stroke, and MI. Univariate and propensity matching analyses were performed.
resultsOf 429,664 cases, 20.58% were male. Univariate analysis demonstrated males were older (46.48 ± 11.96 vs. 43.71 ± 11.89 years, p < 0.0001), had higher BMI (46.58 ± 8.46 vs. 45.05 ± 7.75 kg/m
conclusionMales continue to represent a disproportionately small percentage of bariatric surgery patients despite having no difference in obesity rates compared to females. Male gender is an independent risk factor for major post-operative complications and 30-day mortality, even after controlling for comorbidities.
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