Background
Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is an effective treatment for adolescent severe obesity. Little is known about subsequent healthcare utilisation for individuals who have undergone MBS as adolescents, both related and unrelated to the surgical intervention. This study aimed to document healthcare utilisation events across 5 years after MBS, comparing procedure types and evaluating factors associated with these events.
Methods
The Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) study prospectively enrolled 228 adolescents prior to MBS (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or vertical sleeve gastrectomy) across 5 US children's hospitals. Healthcare utilisation event data collection was standardised, and rigorously collected; events were categorised by system and classified as related or unrelated to the MBS intervention. Factors influencing/predicting the likelihood of healthcare utilisation events were evaluated using negative binomial regression modelling.
Findings
Mean baseline age and body mass index (BMI) of participants at surgery were 17 ± 1·6 years and 53 kg/m2, respectively. Related healthcare utilisation events numbered 141 in 81 participants (67·3 per 500 person-years, 95% CI 53·4–84·9). A total of 224 unrelated healthcare utilisation events unrelated occurred in 112 individuals (107·4 per 500 person-years, 95% CI 94·2–122·5). Over 5 years, participants with a complication within 30 days of surgery had significantly higher rates of subsequent healthcare utilisation events. No difference in rates by surgical procedures was observed for related events or events with hospital admission. However, among participants without baseline type 2 diabetes, vertical sleeve gastrectomy was associated with higher rates of unrelated events compared to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Fifty-two percent of events involved admission to hospital, with no difference by procedure, but higher admission rates were observed with higher BMI and hypertension at baseline.
Interpretation
Healthcare utilisation events were common after bariatric surgery and early post-operative surgical complications predicted later healthcare utilisation events. Healthcare utilisation events were more common after sleeve gastrectomy than RYGB in patients without type 2 diabetes at baseline. Findings will better inform surgical candidates of real-world expectations after surgery, and allow providers to consider closer monitoring of those with a 30-day healthcare utilisation event.
Funding
National Institutes for Health (NIH) research support was provided through the following grants: NIH UM1DK072493 and NIH UM1DK095710. The contents of this manuscript are the authors’ sole responsibility and do not necessarily represent official NIH views.
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