T. Pekkarinen et al., LONG-TERM RESULTS OF GASTROPLASTY FOR MORBID-OBESITY - BINGE-EATING AS A PREDICTOR OF POOR OUTCOME, Obesity surgery, 4(3), 1994, pp. 248-255
We investigated the long-term results after vertical banded gastroplas
ty (VBG) for morbid obesity and evaluated some predictors of poor outc
ome. Twenty-seven morbidly obese patients (mean BMI 50 kg/m2) who unde
rwent VBG a mean of 5.4 years earlier were studied. The mean weight lo
ss was 31 kg or 40.5% of excess weight. Ten patients (37%) were within
50% of their ideal weight. The patients were classified as bingers (n
= 10) and non-bingers (n = 17) according to the modified Binge Eating
Scale. One-year postoperative weight losses were 55% and 57% respecti
vely of excess weight, but at the time of the study weight losses were
24% and 50% of excess weight (p = 0.04) in the bingers and non-binger
s, respectively. The mean weight regain was 23 kg in the bingers vs 8
kg in the non-bingers, p = 0.01. Two bingers had excellent weight loss
results, but otherwise an unsuccessful outcome. Weight reduction did
not correlate with age, sex or age of onset of obesity. These results
show that binge-eating strongly predicts poor weight loss maintenance
after gastroplasty in the long-term, though initial weight reduction i
s good. We suggest that binge-eating should be evaluated before gastro
plasty and taken into consideration in the design of treatment.