Epidemiological profile of patients on bariatric surgery in a teaching hospital

• Autor(a) principal: José Alvarenga Arantes, Antônio
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Nogueira Ferreira e Silva, Levi, Gomes Batista, Wictor, Nepomuceno, Gustavo, Couto Mota, Matheus, Campanha da Rocha Ribeiro, Tarsila, Vitoi Cangussu, Igor, Vitoi Cangussu, Victor
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/35734
• topic: Obesidade; Síndrome metabólica; Cirurgia bariátrica; Obesity; Metabolic Syndrome; Bariatric Surgery

Introduction: Obesity is a chronic disease of high prevalence in Brazil associated with high morbidity and mortality, and bariatric surgery is a valid proposal for its control and treatment. It is noted that there is a shortage in the national literature of information regarding epidemiological data, as well as complications involving bariatric surgery. Objective: To investigate the epidemiological profile of adult individuals undergoing bariatric surgery performed in a public teaching hospital in the city of Juiz de Fora-MG. Method: This is an analytical, observational, cross-sectional survey-type study through the survey of medical records. Results: Of the 466 individuals who underwent bariatric surgery, the average age of individuals was 40.2 years and 85.2% were female. About 84% of patients classified as having grade III obesity. The most prevalent comorbidity in the researched group was systemic arterial hypertension (89%), the mortality rate was 1.9% and the frequency of complications was more observed in patients with grade III obesity (68%). Conclusion: The profile of patients who sought a surgical approach for obesity was predominantly women in the third and fourth decades of life, white, morbidly obese, with DM and SAH as the most frequent comorbidity, and the presence of comorbidities was not associated with the increase in the risk of complications of the procedure. The overall rate of complications was low and the degree of obesity was directly associated with its occurrence. Bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity proved to be safe, with a low rate of complications in a specialized center, characterizing, to date, the largest sample in Brazil.