Abstract:
Background: Obesity is a worldwide health issue with serious medical, psychological, social, and economic consequences.
Aim and objectives: The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety after sleeve gastrectomy among age group more than 60 years and age group below 60 years.
Methods: A randomized prospective clinical study which conducted from January 2020 to December 2021. The participants were 100 in number categorized into two groups each of them 50 according to age. Group 1 (Elderly) ≥ 60 years, and group 2 (Younger) < 60 years.
Intraoperative time, hospital stay, post sleeve weight loss, comorbidity changes, complications in the form of leakage, bleeding and death will be recorded
Results: There were no complications among 94% and 96%, there were bleeding among 4% and 4% and there was leakage among 2% and 0% among elderly and young groups respectively. A significant change was found among the study groups as regard EWL after 48 weeks post-operative.
Conclusion: Sleeve gastrectomy is a very safe procedure with similar risks and adverse effect rates as when it comes to treating obesity in younger adults.