Perioperative outcomes of bariatric surgery in the setting of chronic steroid use: a mbsaqip database analysis

Background: Chronic steroids represent treatment options for many chronic diseases, but predispose to both weight gain and surgical complications. They therefore represent a unique interface between obesity, chronic disease, and surgical risk. As the benefits of bariatric surgery for controlling metabolic disease become more apparent, patients with chronic illnesses on corticosteroids are increasingly being referred for surgery despite an unclear safety profile. The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) database represents the largest bariatric-specific clinical dataset for comparing outcomes in this complex patient population.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research