Doença hepática não-alcoólica: evolução após derivação gastrojejunal em Y-de-Roux pela técnica de fobi-capella

IS THERE ANY CHANGE IN PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS COMPARING 5 TO 10 YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP IN OBESE PATIENTS UNDERGOING ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS?

Background

: Bariatric surgery promotes significant weight loss and improvement of associated comorbidities; however, nutrients deficiencies and weight regain may occur in the middle-late postoperative period.

Aim:

To investigate nutritional status in 10 years follow-up.

Methods

: Longitudinal retrospective study in which anthropometric, biochemical indicators and nutritional intake were assessed before and after one, two, three, four, five and ten years of Roux-en Y gastric bypass through analysis of medical records.

Results

: After ten years there was a reduction of 29.2% of initial weight; however, 87.1% of patients had significant weight regain. Moreover, there was an increase of incidence of iron (9.2% to 18.5%), vitamin B12 (4.2% to 11.1%) and magnesium deficiency (14.1% to 14.8%). Folic acid concentrations increased and the percentage of individuals with glucose (40.4% to 3.7%), triglycerides (38% to 7.4%), HDL cholesterol (31 % to 7.4%) and uric acid (70.5% to 11.1%) abnormalities reduced. Also, there is a reduction of food intake at first year postoperative. After 10 years, there was an increase in energy, protein and lipid intake, also a reduction in folid acid intake.

Conclusions

: Roux-en Y gastric bypass is an effective procedure to promote weight loss and improve comorbidities associated with obesity. However, comparison between postoperative period of five and 10 years showed a high prevalence of minerals deficiency and a significant weight regain, evidencing the need for nutritional follow-up in the postoperative period.

COMPARISON OF HEPATIC PROFILE IN PRE AND POSTOPERATIVE OF BARIATRIC SURGERY: PRIVATE VS PUBLIC NETWORK

Background:

Obesity is associated to several comorbidities, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which implicates in isolated steatosis to steatohepatitis. The latter may progress to severe manifestations such as liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aim:

To compare the presence of advanced liver fibrosis before and after bariatric surgery in patients of private and public health system.

Methods:

Patients from public and privative networks were studied before and after bariatric surgery. The presence or absence of advanced hepatic fibrosis was evaluated by NAFLD Fibrosis Score, a non-invasive method that uses age, BMI, AST/ALT ratio, albumin, platelet count and the presence or absence of hyperglycemia or diabetes. The characteristics of the two groups were compared. The established statistical significance criterion was p<0.05.

Results:

Were analyzed 40 patients with a mean age of 34.6±9.5 years for private network and 40.6± 10.2 years for public. The study sample, 35% were treated at private health system and 65% in the public ones, 38% male and 62% female. Preoperatively in the private network one (7.1%) patient had advanced liver fibrosis and developed to the absence of liver fibrosis after surgery. In the public eight (30.8%) patients had advanced liver fibrosis preoperatively, and at one year after the proportion fell to six (23%).

Conclusion:

The non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in its advanced form is more prevalent in obese patients treated in the public network than in the treated at the private network and bariatric surgery may be important therapeutic option in both populations.

Gastric bypass surgery attenuates ethanol consumption in ethanol-preferring rats

BACKGROUND

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is an effective weight loss strategy employed to treat obesity and associated complications. Importantly, the RYGB procedure has been reported to attenuate reward-related consummatory behaviors. The present work examined the hypothesis that RYGB surgery attenuates ethanol intake and reward in the context of frequent ethanol consumption.

METHODS

To do this, self-report of ethanol intake was examined in human bariatric patients (n = 6165) before and following the RYGB procedure. In addition, we utilized a rodent model of RYGB and examined ethanol consumption and ethanol reward in male ethanol-preferring (P) rats, which are selectively bred to consume large volumes of ethanol.

RESULTS

Patients that reported frequent consumption of ethanol before RYGB reported decreased consumption following RYGB surgery. Moreover, the RYGB procedure decreased ethanol intake and the reinforcing properties of ethanol in P rats. Notably, the attenuating effect of RYGB surgery on ethanol consumption was associated with ethanol-induced increases in the gut hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). Pharmacologic administration of GLP-1 agonists attenuated ethanol consumption in sham P rats. In addition, pharmacologic replacement of the gut hormone ghrelin restored drinking behavior in P rats following RYGB.

CONCLUSIONS

Collectively, these findings unveil the potential of RYGB surgery to attenuate ethanol consumption in some humans and rats. Furthermore, our data indicate that this regulation is achieved, in part, through reduction of reward and is modified by the gut hormones GLP-1 and ghrelin.

Alterações nos parâmetros pré e pós-operatórios de pacientes com síndrome metabólica, submetidos a Bypass gastrointestinal em Y de Roux

RACIONAL: A epidemia mundial de sobrepeso e obesidade afeta aproximadamente 1,7 bilhão de pessoas, havendo aumento nos casos de obesidade mórbida de 80% para mulheres e de 400% para homens desde 1970. A síndrome metabólica é transtorno complexo relacionado com resistência à insulina e obesidade abdominal, provocando alterações no metabolismo da glicose em vários tecidos e hiperinsulinemia. OBJETIVO: Verificar as alterações nos parâmetros pré e pós-operatórios em pacientes obesos mórbidos com síndrome metabólica, submetidos a bypass gastrointestinal em Y de Roux. MÉTODO: Casuística de 74 pacientes obesos, que apresentavam síndrome metabólica e submetidos a procedimento cirúrgico. Foram avaliados, além do IMC, a relação cintura-quadril, pressão arterial, colesterol total, HDL, LDL, triglicerídeos, glicemia de jejum no pré-operatório e no 1º e 4º meses de pós-operatório. Para variáveis que apresentaram simetria na sua distribuição, foi usado o teste t de Student para amostras pareadas. Para variáveis com distribuição assimétrica, foi usado o teste não-paramétrico de Wilcoxon. Valores de P<0,05 indicaram significância estatística. RESULTADOS: Obteve-se redução no 1º mês do pós-operatório no peso de 7,96%, IMC de 8%, relação cintura/quadril de 1,35%, colesterol total de 17,95%, HDL de 14,5%, LDL de 15,31%, TAG's de 30,29% e glicemia de 9,75%; no 4º mês, observou-se redução no peso de 14,94%, IMC de 20,08%, relação cintura/quadril de 5,96%, colesterol total de 21,27%, HDL de 3,53%, LDL de 23,72%, TAG's de 29,6% e na glicemia de 10,34%. CONCLUSÃO: Os parâmetros avaliados neste estudo tiveram melhora estatisticamente significante, com exceção do HDL-colesterol.

The impact of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

PURPOSE OF REVIEW

To analyze the effects of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by reviewing the most important and recent studies.

RECENT FINDINGS

The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically over the last decades. Comorbidities related to obesity, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are also increasing. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a progressive disease with potential evolution to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Overweight patients who have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should be considered for a weight loss program; however, long-term result with dietary interventions and drug therapy has been disappointing. Bariatric surgery is effective in promoting long-term weight loss in morbidly obese patients with control of comorbidities, especially those associated with the metabolic syndrome. On the basis of the early experience with extensive intestinal bypass, it was believed that rapid weight loss could cause liver damage. In contrast, recent prospective and retrospective observational studies and case series have demonstrated that bariatric surgery is well tolerated and is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease regression in a significant number of patients.

SUMMARY

There is good level of evidence that bariatric surgery is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease regression in morbidly obese patients.