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Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review Publisher Pubmed



Shoar S1 ; Shahabuddin Hoseini S2 ; Naderan M2 ; Mahmoodzadeh H1 ; Ying Man F3 ; Shoar N4 ; Hosseini M5 ; Bagherihariri S6
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  1. 1. Department of Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. College of Medicine, Saint George's Medical School, Grenada
  4. 4. School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Surgery, Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States
  6. 6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases Published:2017


Abstract

Backgrounds With increased prevalence of obesity, the number of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients suffering from morbid obesity has raised. It is not clear yet if bariatric surgery is a safe and effective option in this population. Objectives Our systematic review aims to summarize the available literature on the safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients with IBD. Setting University hospital, Iran. Methods A PubMed/MEDLINE search was performed to identify studies reporting the outcome of morbidly obese IBD patients. Postoperative outcome of IBD patients after bariatric surgery were pooled for early and late complications, change of IBD status, and medication alteration. Results A total of 7 studies reported post-bariatric surgery outcomes of 43 morbidly obese IBD patients (31 females, 11 males) with an age ranging from 30 to 64 years and a body mass index from 35.7 to 71 kg/m2. Of these, 25 suffered Crohn's disease (CD) (58.2%) and 18 were ulcerative colitis (UC) patients (41.8%). The small bowel was the most common involved gastrointestinal segment in 27.3% of patients. CD patients more commonly underwent sleeve gastrectomy (72%), while UC patients similarly underwent sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (44.4%). After a follow-up of 8 to 77 months, IBD patients lost up to 71.4%±5.9% of excess weight and 14.3 kg/m2±5.7 kg/m2 of body mass index. There were 9 early (21.4%) and 10 late (23.8%) postoperative complications related to the bariatric procedure. IBD remitted in 20 patients (47.6%), improved in 2 patients (4.8%), but exacerbated in 7 patients (16.7%). Conclusions Although available data on morbidly obese patients with IBD is scarce, bariatric surgery seems to be a safe and effective option for these patients with no added morbidity or mortality. Further studies are necessary to confirm this data. © 2016 American Society for Bariatric Surgery