{"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}
Brigitte Anderson, Amrita Iyer, Martina Rama, Abigail M O'Connell, Anna P Torres, Scott H Koeneman, Renee Tholey, Alec Beekley, Francesco Palazzo, Talar Tatarian
{"title":"Impact of high-protein bariatric diet on the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting.","authors":"Brigitte Anderson, Amrita Iyer, Martina Rama, Abigail M O'Connell, Anna P Torres, Scott H Koeneman, Renee Tholey, Alec Beekley, Francesco Palazzo, Talar Tatarian","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) commonly occurs following metabolic/bariatric surgery, contributing to increased health care utilization and length of stay (LOS). Studies have suggested the benefit of protein-predominant meals in suppressing gastric tachyarrhythmia and PONV.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the impact of a high-protein postoperative liquid diet on PONV and LOS after primary sleeve gastrectomy (SG).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>University Hospital, United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective randomized trial included adult patients undergoing primary SG. Exclusion criteria were history of bariatric/foregut surgery, chronic nausea/vomiting, HbA1C ≥9, or therapeutic anticoagulation. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive a clear liquid (control) or high-protein full-liquid diet (intervention) starting 4 hours postoperatively. The primary endpoint was incidence of PONV. Secondary endpoint was increased LOS due to PONV. Pearson's chi squared test for independence compared outcomes between groups on an intention to treat basis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One-hundred and twelve patients were randomized (56 control, 56 intervention). Most patients were female (80.4%). All underwent laparoscopic (72.3%) or robotic (27.7%) SG and 90.2% received inhalational anesthesia. In the intervention arm, 15 patients had zero protein intake due to PONV, 6 had missing data, and 35 had a mean intake of 24.2 grams. There was no observed treatment effect on PONV (78.6% control versus 89.3% intervention; P = .20). Almost 70% of patients were discharged home on postoperative day (POD) 1. Delay in discharge due to PONV was not significant between groups (32.1% control versus 28.6% intervention; P = .84).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early introduction of liquid protein after SG does not improve PONV or LOS.</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":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639953","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: Risk assessment for esophageal cancer after bariatric surgery: a comparative cohort study between sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass.","authors":"Enrico Facchiano, Emanuele Soricelli","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.013","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":"143538287","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}
Arielle Grieco, Clifford Y Ko, Stacy A Brethauer, Anthony T Petrick
{"title":"Payor status differences in 30-day and 1-year outcomes after primary laparoscopic bariatric surgery.","authors":"Arielle Grieco, Clifford Y Ko, Stacy A Brethauer, Anthony T Petrick","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There was a call for research regarding safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in Medicare beneficiaries. Payor status may be an indicator of both health and socioeconomic status.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) sought to explore the association of insurance type in U.S. patients receiving primary bariatric surgery on both postoperative risks and benefits.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Not-for-profit organization, clinical data registry.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>MBSAQIP data from primary laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) cases performed in 2021 along with follow-up records through 18 months postoperatively were included (N = 156,046). All analyses were stratified by age (<65 years, n = 149,949; ≥65 years, n = 6097). Hierarchical logistic regression models for 30-day adverse events, and longitudinal models for percent total weight loss and cox regression models for mortality and comorbidity remission rates through 1 year were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among those <65 years, Medicare patients showed greatest risk for 30-day postoperative complications followed by Medicaid, private insurance, and self-pay patients aligning with preoperative risk profiles. Private insurance holders <65 years lose 1.5% more of their total preoperative weight and show greater rates of comorbidity remission at 12 months than Medicare patients. Across all payor groups <65 years, scenario-based survival probabilities through 1-year are ∼99%, 25% total weight loss or greater is realized, and 33% to over 75% of those with respective comorbidities experience remission. No meaningful payor status differences were noted among those ≥65 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Payor status may be an indicator of both health and socioeconomic status, where traditional risk adjustment is inappropriate. Results reinforce these complex relationships, but also prove immense benefits of bariatric surgery regardless of payor type.</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":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589134","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}
Urja Bhatia, Dale Bond, Jeffrey A Ciesla, John Gunstad, Ian Carroll, Ross Crosby, James E Mitchell, Christine M Peat, Kristine Steffen, Leslie Heinberg
{"title":"The relationship between physical activity, sedentary time, and cognitive function following bariatric surgery.","authors":"Urja Bhatia, Dale Bond, Jeffrey A Ciesla, John Gunstad, Ian Carroll, Ross Crosby, James E Mitchell, Christine M Peat, Kristine Steffen, Leslie Heinberg","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obesity is associated with cognitive impairment. Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) improves cognitive functioning and weight loss is not a primary mechanism. Physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) may play an important role in cognitive outcomes following MBS, though few studies have examined this possibility.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Prospectively examine the relationship among PA, ST, and cognitive function following MBS, as well as possible sex differences in these associations.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Data were collected at 2 health centers in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>MBS patients (n = 138, 42.9 ± 10.5 years of age, body mass index of 46.3 ± 7.3 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) completed the National Institute of Health Toolbox, a computerized neuropsychological battery, and wore an accelerometer for 7 days at preoperative baseline and 1, 6, and 12-month postoperative follow-up to measure ST, light-intensity PA (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA (MVPA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total attrition rate was 33.3%. Multilevel modeling showed that ST was negatively associated with List Sorting Working Memory (β<sub>0j</sub>=-.02,t(379.77)=-3.89,p<.001,95%CI=[-.03,-.01],d=0.26) and Picture Sequence Memory (β<sub>0j</sub>=-.02,t(337.93)=-.02,p=.009,95%CI=[-.03,-.004],d=0.47), and positively associated with Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention (β<sub>0j</sub>=.02,t(378.56)=2.89,p=.004,95%CI=[.005,.025],d=0.22). MVPA was positively associated with Card Sort (β<sub>0j</sub>=.10,t(139.02)=2.79,p=.006,95%CI=[.03,.17],d=0.58). No significant relationships were found between LPA and cognitive function, and no sex differences were found in any associations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study links ST and MVPA to cognitive function, though ST was both positively and negatively associated with test performance. Such findings suggest a role for movement and activity levels in cognitive outcomes following MBS, though further investigation is needed to clarify possible mechanisms.</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":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589139","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":"Letter to Editor regarding comments by Dr. Axer et al. for manuscript weight loss specific to indication, remission of diabetes, and short-term complications after sleeve gastrectomy conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Matyas Fehervari, Bibek Das, Hutan Ashrafian","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.011","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":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639954","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: Variation in opioid-free discharge after metabolic surgery from 2018 to 2023: a state-wide analysis from the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative.","authors":"Michael Kachmar, Vance L Albaugh","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.02.003","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":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477324","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}
Marius Nedelcu, Anamaria Nedelcu, Ramon Vilallonga
{"title":"Comment on: Patients experience with preoperative use of anti-obesity medications and associations with bariatric surgery expectations.","authors":"Marius Nedelcu, Anamaria Nedelcu, Ramon Vilallonga","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.007","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":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506648","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}
Mae Crumbley, Sarah Petersen, Aaron J Bonham, Phillip Yang, Ani Gururaj, Callie Deng, Alexander Dennis, Arthur M Carlin, Oliver A Varban
{"title":"Variation in opioid-free discharge after metabolic surgery from 2018 to 2023: a state-wide analysis from the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative.","authors":"Mae Crumbley, Sarah Petersen, Aaron J Bonham, Phillip Yang, Ani Gururaj, Callie Deng, Alexander Dennis, Arthur M Carlin, Oliver A Varban","doi":"10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2025.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Efforts have been made to reduce opioid prescribing after metabolic-bariatric surgery (MBS) given the increased risk for misuse. Variation in prevalence of opioid-free discharge following MBS and its impact on outcomes remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate variation in opioid prescribing practices after MBS and the impact of opioid-free discharge on outcomes.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>MBS programs participating in a state-wide quality improvement collaborative.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a state-wide bariatric-specific data registry, all patients who underwent MBS between 2018 and 2023 and had opioid prescribing data were identified (n = 54,276). Patient characteristics and 30-day risk-adjusted outcomes were compared between patients who were and were not prescribed opioids at discharge. Surgeon and practice characteristics were also compared between the top and bottom quartiles of opioid-free discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of opioid-free discharge increased from 7.7% to 32.1% over the study period. Only .4% of patients, who were opioid-free at discharge, obtained an opioid prescription within 30 days of discharge. Opioid-free discharge was associated with lower rates of emergency department (ED) visits (7.7% vs 8.2%, P = .0008), despite similar complication rates (7.6% vs 7.3%, P = .7261). There were no significant differences in age, case volume, or practice types between surgeons in the top quartile and bottom quartile for opioid-free discharge.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Opioid-free discharge after MBS has increased in prevalence with extremely low failure rates without negatively impacting ED visit rates. Variation in opioid prescribing persists and may be due to patient-specific factors as well as surgeon-specific preference.</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":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416592","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}