Avoidance of Complications in Older Patients and Medicare Recipients Undergoing Gastric Bypass

Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in Patients Aged 65 Years and Older at an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence

“…Several recent studies have attempted to demonstrate the safety of weight loss surgery in an elderly population [9][10][11][12][13]. However, there has been some discrepancy in the literature as to what constitutes an "elderly" patient, with the cutoff ranging from 50 to 65 years of age.…”

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding in Over 60s

“…A similar number of reports are available looking at Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) in the elderly including case series with n<100 [3,16,27,28] and two nationwide reviews [29,30] both with n>1,300. In the smaller series, early and late major complications range from 6.1% to over 15% and mortality of 0 to 1.6%.…”

Male Patients Above Age 60 have as Good Outcomes as Male Patients 50–59 Years Old at 1-Year Follow-up After Bariatric Surgery

“…It should be noted that, in our study, these complications did not result in mortality or an increased length of stay. Other studies, however, found no difference in early complication rate in patients >60 years old versus <60 years old [9]. In Hallowell et al, however, 87% of the patients were female.…”

“…Furthermore, the long-term mortality after gastric bypass from diabetes, hypertension, and cancer seems to be decreased in these patients [5]. Although early reports expressed concern about performing bariatric surgery on older patients due to higher early complication rates, recent studies have shown that bariatric surgery in patients >50 years old can be performed safely with good results [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Notably, however, females composed 63-88% of the population in these reports.…”