ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2023
Excess visceral fat area as an independent risk factor for early postoperative complications in patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery.
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- Association Between the Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Hypertensive Patients with Normal-Weight: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Nutritional strategies in abdominal surgery: the potential of ketogenic diet.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- A superior approach? The role of robotic sleeve gastrectomy in patients with super super obesity using the 2019-2022 MBSAQIP database.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Few studies have investigated the correlation between visceral fat area (VFA) and early postoperative complications in patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between VFA and early postoperative complications in patients with obesity following bariatric surgery. Methods: The study was conducted at a tertiary university hospital. Patients with obesity who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy between June 2016 and October 2020 were divided into two groups based on umbilical level VFA: high-VFA group (umbilical level VFA ≥ 100 cm Results: The study included 152 patients, with 82 patients in the low-VFA group and 70 patients in the high-VFA group. The high-VFA group had a higher incidence of early postoperative complications (14.29% vs. 2.44%, P = 0.013) than the low-VFA group. The length of postoperative hospital stay did not differ significantly between the groups. Conclusions: Our study suggests that excess VFA is an independent risk factor for early postoperative complications following bariatric surgery, and VFA may be used in preoperative evaluations.
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