BackgroundBariatric surgery is considered the only effective method to treat refractory
obesity, and especially for those in which clinical treatment was not successful.
However, the appearance of food intolerances and clinical manifestations are quite
common.AimTo identify food intolerances and associated them to symptoms in patients
undergoing Fobi-Capella technique without gastric ring.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study of adult patients who had more than one year
after surgery. Demographic, anthropometric, weight and preoperative height data
were investigated. Nutritional status was classified according to the criteria
established by the World Health Organization. It was considered food intolerance
the presence of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloating after eating a particular
food.ResultsThe sample consisted of 61 patients who attended the nutritional consultation of
which 26 (42.6%) had food intolerance, mostly related to red meat (n=12; 34.3%)
during the first six months of operation; there was a significant difference
between the periods between 0 and 6 months, and 7 to 12 (p=0.02). Among the
symptoms reported by patients, nausea was the most recurrent until the
6th month, but without significant differences between the two
periods (p=0.06).ConclusionsThe Fobi-Capella procedure without gastric ring promoted high frequency of
intolerance to meat in general, especially for the red, chicken and fish, on this
sequence; nausea was the most frequent symptom. These data suggest the need for
adequate nutritional monitoring throughout the postoperative period.
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