Risks of Bariatric Surgery Among Patients With End-stage Renal Disease

Risks of Bariatric Surgery Among Patients With End-stage Renal Disease2][3] Despite this, policies directly addressing pretransplant weight management do not exist.While the association between bariatric surgery and longterm weight loss and comorbidity improvement among obese patients with ESRD is well established, surgery is underused in this population owing to perceptions of unacceptable increased perioperative risk. 4,5Perioperative risks of bariatric surgery among obese patients with ESRD are poorly characterized, with limited studies that may not detect rare events. 6In this context, we performed an analysis of perioperative safety of bariatric surgery in obese patients with ESRD using a national registry capturing greater than 95% of bariatric operations.Methods | Patients who underwent primary, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or roux-en-Y gastric bypass between 2015 and 2017 Figure.Rates of Perioperative Complications Between Patients With End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Normal Kidney FunctionUnadjusted