Antonio Vitiello, Giovanna Berardi, Vincenzo Pilone
{"title":"Correspondence: Re-evaluating the analysis of robotic sleeve gastrectomy outcomes in the context of surgeons' learning curve and hybrid techniques.","authors":"Antonio Vitiello, Giovanna Berardi, Vincenzo Pilone","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katia Noyes, Ashley Bernotas, Steven D Schwaitzberg
{"title":"Comment on: Implications of obesity treatment for the U.S. healthcare system: rethinking bariatric surgery, economic burdens, and emerging medications.","authors":"Katia Noyes, Ashley Bernotas, Steven D Schwaitzberg","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dimitrios Kehagias, Charalampos Lampropoulos, Ioannis Kehagias
{"title":"Comment on: Addressing recurrent weight gain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: efficacy of a dual surgical approach-short-term results of a single center cohort study.","authors":"Dimitrios Kehagias, Charalampos Lampropoulos, Ioannis Kehagias","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arturo Estrada, Jorge Humberto Rodriguez Quintero, Xavier Pereira, Ya Zhou, Erin Moran-Atkin, Jenny Choi, Diego Camacho
{"title":"Addressing recurrent weight gain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: efficacy of a dual surgical approach-short-term results of a single-center cohort study.","authors":"Arturo Estrada, Jorge Humberto Rodriguez Quintero, Xavier Pereira, Ya Zhou, Erin Moran-Atkin, Jenny Choi, Diego Camacho","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is no gold standard for recurrent weight gain following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Combining jejuno-jejunostomy distalization type 1 (JJD1) and sleeve resection of the gastrojejunostomy and gastric pouch (GJ-P) may be a potential approach for these patients.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To describe 1-year perioperative and nutritional outcomes of patients who underwent JJD1 with sleeve resection of the GJ-P.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>High-volume academic bariatric center of excellence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with recurrent weight gain after RYGB who underwent JJD1 with sleeve resection of the GJ-P from 2020 to 2022 were included and studied for 1 year postoperatively. During the procedure, we aimed for a total alimentary limb length (TALL) of 350-500 cm, a new common channel (CC) of 200-350 cm, and a gastrojejunostomy <2 cm in diameter.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 61 patients underwent this combined revisional procedure. The median preoperative body mass index (BMI) was 42.59 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. The median lengths of the biliopancreatic limb (BPL) before and after distalizatiovn were 50 cm (interquartile range [IQR]: 42.5-75) and 175 cm (IQR: 150-200), respectively. After revision, the median new CC was 270 cm (IQR: 250-300) and the median TALL was 400 cm (interquartile range [IQR]: 362.5-450). The median total small bowel length (TSBL) was 580 cm (IQR 550-640 cm), and the median BPL/TSBL ratio was .32 (IQR .29-.34). At 1, 6, and 12 months, the median BMI of the cohort was reduced to 39.14, 35.55, and 32.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, respectively. At 1 year, the total weight loss (%TWL) was 22.18%. Only 3 (n = 3) patients developed major complications at 1 year. After distalization, the resolution of all obesity-related co-morbidities improved, including type 2 diabetes (3.2%), sleep apnea (13.1%), hypertension (HTN) (11.4%), and hyperlipidemia (HLD) (1.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The combination of JJD1 and sleeve resection of the GJ-P for RYGB revision was safe and effective, with substantial improvement in weight loss at 1 year.</p>","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143631144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on: Bariatric surgery prior to pancreas transplantation: a retrospective matched case-control study.","authors":"Antonio Iannelli, Sergio Carandina","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Pina, Joseph Nguyen-Lee, G Craig Wood, Michael J Furey, Anthony T Petrick, David M Parker
{"title":"Bariatric surgery significantly reduces progression from prediabetes to diabetes compared with the general population: 15-year single-institution data.","authors":"Luis Pina, Joseph Nguyen-Lee, G Craig Wood, Michael J Furey, Anthony T Petrick, David M Parker","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a paucity of literature on the impact for bariatric surgery on the progression from prediabetes (PDM) to type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM).</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the progression from PDM to T2DM in bariatric surgery compared with a nonsurgical cohort.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Single academic institution, Center of Bariatric Excellence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study of patients with morbid obesity with patients with PDM who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or sleeve gastrectomy (SG) between 2001 and 2022. Nonsurgical controls from a primary care cohort were directly matched by hemoglobin A1c, age, sex, and body mass index. DM was defined as a clinical diagnosis of type II diabetes or hemoglobin A1c ≥6.5%. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to estimate time until T2DM. Cox regression was used to compare time until T2DM in RYGB versus sleeve gastrectomy and in bariatric surgery versus nonsurgical controls.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1326 bariatric cases with PDM (n = 1154 RYGB, n = 172 SG) were identified. The cohort was 83% female, mean age = 45.3 years, mean body mass index 46.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, and follow-up was 65% over 15 years. In bariatric cases, PDM progression to T2DM at 5, 10, and 15 years after surgery was 1.8%, 3.3%, and 6.7%, respectively. PDM progression to T2DM was almost 20 times greater in matched nonsurgical controls at 5, 10, and 15 years 31.1%, 51.4%, and 68.7%, respectively (hazard ratio 19.8, 95% confidence interval 13.9-28.4, P < .0001). When stratifying by bariatric surgery type, those with SG were 4 times more likely to progress to T2DM versus RYGB (hazard ratio 4.01, 95% confidence interval 1.71-9.39, P = .0014).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Bariatric surgery significantly decreases the conversion from PDM to T2DM. The impact was significantly greater for RYGB compared with SG.</p>","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143525675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Kachmar, Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Yuki Liu, Feibi Zheng, Prachi Singh, Vance L Albaugh
{"title":"Longitudinal changes in positive airway pressure device use after metabolic surgery: a 3-year matched cohort study of National Claims Data.","authors":"Michael Kachmar, Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Yuki Liu, Feibi Zheng, Prachi Singh, Vance L Albaugh","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Metabolic surgery (MS) is the most durable treatment of obesity and can treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To compare trajectories of positive airway pressure (PAP) device use between individuals who had MS and similar individuals who did not have MS (non-MS).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Merative MarketScan Research Databases - a US-based commercial claims database.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Those who underwent MS were matched 1:1 with nonoperative controls on baseline demographic and health characteristics. PAP use trajectories were examined in the 3years after the index dates and stratified by baseline PAP use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 8772 adults who had MS were matched with 8772 adults who did not have MS; in both groups, 17.3% had baseline PAP claims. Among individuals who had baseline PAP claims, those who had MS had significantly higher rates of PAP use cessation (58.9% versus 27.1%; P value < .01). Among individuals who were not using a PAP at baseline, PAP initiation was higher among those who did not have MS than those who had MS (10.8% versus 2.6%; P value < .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MS was associated with discontinuation of PAP use and decreased initiation of PAP use among individuals who were not using these devices, suggesting that MS leads to symptomatic and preventive treatment for OSA.</p>","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily A Grimsley, Melissa A Kendall, Tyler Zander, Paul C Kuo, Salvatore Docimo
{"title":"Evaluation of patients on immunosuppressants undergoing sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and duodenal switch: analysis of 19,414 patients.","authors":"Emily A Grimsley, Melissa A Kendall, Tyler Zander, Paul C Kuo, Salvatore Docimo","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bariatric surgery is being offered to more medically complex patients, including patients on immunosuppressants, although outcomes after different bariatrics surgeries have not been studied in this population.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We compared perioperative safety of sleeve gastrectomy (SG), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), and duodenal switch (DS) in patients on immunosuppression.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>National sample from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) database.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The MBSAQIP database was queried from the years 2015 to 2021 for adult patients on chronic immunosuppression who underwent SG, RYGB, or DS. Revisional, open, endoscopic, or emergency surgeries were excluded, as were patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists class of 5 and patients without full 30-day follow-up. Propensity-score matching was performed with a 3:3:1 ratio (SG:RYGB:DS) controlling for surgical approach, sex, age, functional status, American Society of Anesthesiologists, body mass index, and comorbidities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 19,414 patients on immunosuppression who underwent SG (n = 14,358), RYGB (n = 4864), or DS (n = 192). After propensity-score matching , RYGB and DS had longer LOS (P < .01), greater global 30-day complication (P < .01), and 30-day reoperation rates (P = .048). Compared with SG and RYGB, DS had greater rates of patients requiring mechanical ventilation >48-hour postoperatively (P < .05). Compared with SG, DS had greater rates of renal insufficiency (P = .01), organ space infection (P = .01), unplanned intubation (P < .01), and unplanned intensive care unit admission (P < .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>For patients on immunosuppression, SG carried the lowest complication and reoperation rates, whereas DS had overall complication rates in line with RYGB.</p>","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143538289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on: Rare gene variants and weight loss at 10 years after sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass-A randomized clinical trial.","authors":"Sarah Samreen","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143525676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to Milder et al. \"Letter to the editor regarding multisociety clinical practice guidance- safe use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in perioperative period\".","authors":"Tammy L Kindel, Girish P Joshi, Teresa LaMasters","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94216,"journal":{"name":"Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}