Contrast between surgical treatment of obesity and postbariatric plastic surgeries

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Obesity is a disease of epidemic proportions associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Gastroplasty is searched for sustained weight loss with improved quality of life as an alternative treatment. Repairing surgeries are searched after by more than 70% of patients to improve results. The study describes the number of hospitalizations for bariatric surgery and body contour surgery in postbariatric patients in Bahia.

Methods:

Observational cross-sectional study with aggregated data obtained through the Department of Informatics of the Ministry of Health carried out from 2009 to 2019 in Bahia. Cases of hospitalization for bariatric surgery and postbariatric body contour surgery were included, in addition to the average length of stay of postbariatric patients hospitalized for body contour surgery and the total amounts spent per patient in gastroplasty with intestinal bypass abdominal dermolipectomy.

Results:

124 patients admitted for postbariatric surgery were identified: 64 for abdominal dermolipectomy, 25 for crural dermolipectomy, 22 by brachial dermolipectomy, and 13 by mammoplasty. The average hospital stay for postbariatric surgeries ranged from 1.5 to 4.2 days, with abdominal dermolipectomy having the highest total average: 2.8 days. Six hundred three hospitalizations for bariatric surgery were recorded. The average total amount spent per patient in gastroplasty with intestinal derivation was R$5,767.95, whereas abdominal dermolipectomy registered R$973.30.

Conclusions:

124 hospitalizations for body contouring surgeries were identified during the period 2009-2019 in the state of Bahia

Keywords:
Obesity; Bariatric surgery; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Public health; Abdominoplasty.