First Month and Fifth Year: Critical Time Points for Long-Term Sleeve Gastrectomy Outcomes, 13-Year Study Reveals
Greece: A recent retrospective study of patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has revealed two crucial time points in assessing the long-term clinical outcomes of this popular weight loss surgery: the first postoperative month and the fifth postoperative year. This study, which followed patients for up to 13 years after surgery, provides valuable insights into the timing and effectiveness of monitoring clinical responses to SG over an extended period.
"We found that those with the best responses showed the highest percentage of excess body weight loss (%EWL) within the first month. After the fifth postoperative year, %EWL declined in partial responders, while it remained relatively stable in good responders," the researchers reported in the journal Obesity Surgery.
The researchers note that weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy shows considerable long-term variation, with the mechanisms behind suboptimal clinical response (SCR) and recurrent weight gain (RWG) requiring further investigation. Dimitrios Kehagias, Department of Surgery, University General Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece, and colleagues retrospectively analyzed weight-loss trajectories to identify key time points, aiming to optimize follow-up strategies and inform future prospective research.
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