In a recent study at the University of Gothenburg, researchers made an important discovery about obesity surgeries.
They found that the two most common types, gastric bypass and gastric sleeve, are pretty much the same when it comes to safety in the short term.
This is big news for people considering these surgeries, and it was published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
In Sweden, where the study was conducted, about 5,000 obesity surgeries are done each year. These surgeries are usually for people with a BMI (body mass index) of 40 or more, or 35 if they have other serious health issues because of their weight.
Gastric bypass and gastric sleeve are the two surgeries everyone’s talking about. In a gastric bypass, doctors skip over a big part of the stomach and a bit of the small intestine.
In a gastric sleeve, they actually remove a large part of the stomach. The goal of this study was to see which one has fewer risks right after the surgery.
This wasn’t just any study; it was the biggest of its kind. From 2015 to 2022, 1,735 adults who were planning to get one of these surgeries signed up to be part of it.
They were randomly put into two groups: one for gastric bypass and one for gastric sleeve. These surgeries were done in different hospitals, both university and others, in Sweden and Norway.
Now, the results are quite interesting. Both surgeries had about the same amount of time in the hospital after the operation – just one day. But the gastric bypass took a bit longer to do, about 68 minutes, compared to 47 minutes for the gastric sleeve.
The really good news is that both surgeries had very few complications like bleeding, leaks, blood clots, or infections. And no one passed away in the 90 days they were keeping track after the surgery.
Suzanne Hedberg, the first author of this study, says that both surgeries are super safe. This is especially true when you compare them to the rates of complications in other parts of the world.
There’s no big difference between the two in terms of short-term safety.
Hedberg, who just finished her thesis in surgery at Sahlgrenska Academy and works at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, points out that there’s a lot of talk about these surgeries.
People who have had them or are waiting to get them often have different opinions. But this study shows that when it comes to safety right after the surgery, there’s not much to worry about, no matter which one you pick.
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The research findings can be found in JAMA Network Open.
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