Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery—Is It a Problem? A Multicenter Study (BARI-10-POL)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Surgical Techniques and Perioperative Care
2.2. Statistical Analysis
2.3. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Symptoms of GERD Before Surgery
3.2. Symptoms of GERD After Surgery
3.3. EGD Findings
3.4. Evolution of Symptoms of GERD Depending on the Surgical Procedure
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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GERD n = 63 | Non-GERD n = 305 | p-Value | |
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Characteristics | |||
Sex, female/male | 44/19 | 209/96 | 0.837 |
Age, median (IQR) | 42.0 (36.0–50.0) | 43.0 (35.0–53.0) | 0.939 |
Preoperative BMI, median (IQR) | 40.9 (36.7–45.0) | 42.2 (39.3–47.2) | 0.013 |
Type of surgery | |||
SG, n (%) | 42 (66.7) | 198 (64.9) | 0.711 |
RYGB, n (%) | 9 (14.3) | 56 (18.4) | |
OAGB, n (%) | 12 (19.0) | 51 (16.7) | |
T2D, n (%) | 21 (33.3) | 92 (30.2) | 0.620 |
HT, n (%) | 34 (54.0) | 160 (52.5) | 0.827 |
OBS, n (%) | 6 (9.5) | 20 (6.6) | 0.403 |
Outcomes | |||
Complications, n (%) | 4 (6.3) | 21 (6.9) | 0.878 |
Postoperative BMI, median (IQR) | 33.1 (27.1–35.4) | 32.5 (28.4–38.4) | 0.100 |
%EWL, median (IQR) | 62.7 (34.0–82.7) | 57.1 (29.3–80.1) | 0.451 |
%TWL, median (IQR) | 25.0 (12.7–31.9) | 22.7 (11.7–32.8) | 0.835 |
Postoperative GERD, n (%) | 17 (27.0) | 78 (25.6) | 0.816 |
PPI postoperative, n (%) | 13 (20.6) | 68 (22.3) | 0.772 |
GERD n = 95 | Non-GERD n = 273 | p-Value | |
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Characteristics | |||
Sex, female/male | 70/25 | 183/90 | 0.228 |
Age, median (IQR) | 42.0 (36.0–50.0) | 43.0 (35.0–53.0) | 0.733 |
Preoperative BMI, median (IQR) | 42.8 (39.4–45.8) | 42.4 (38.6–46.8) | 0.983 |
Type of surgery | |||
SG, n (%) | 68 (71.6) | 172 (63.0) | 0.208 |
RYGB, n (%) | 16 (16.8) | 49 (17.9) | |
OAGB, n (%) | 11 (11.6) | 52 (19.1) | |
Preoperative GERD, n (%) | 17 (17.9) | 46 (16.8) | 0.816 |
Outcomes | |||
Complications, n (%) | 7 (7.4) | 18 (6.6) | 0.796 |
Postoperative BMI, median (IQR) | 33.1 (29.1–36.9) | 32.1 (27.7–38.0) | 0.331 |
%EWL, median (IQR) | 58.9 (28.8–75.3) | 59.1 (29.4–82.1) | 0.465 |
%TWL, median (IQR) | 24.0 (11.6–32.0) | 22.4 (12.0–32.6) | 0.921 |
PPI postoperative, n (%) | 81 (85.3) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
Type of surgery among patients with the use of PPI | |||
SG, n (%) | 57 (70.4) | 0.513 | |
RYGB, n (%) | 13 (16.0) | ||
OAGB, n (%) | 11 (13.6) |
OR | 95% CI | p-Value | |
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Sex, female | 1.38 | 0.82–2.32 | 0.229 |
Age | 0.96 | 0.98–1.01 | 0.597 |
Preoperative BMI | 1.01 | 0.98–1.04 | 0.754 |
Preoperative GERD | 1.08 | 0.58–1.99 | 0.816 |
Type of surgery, SG | |||
RYGB | 0.83 | 0.44–1.55 | 0.552 |
OAGB | 0.54 | 0.26–1.09 | 0.084 |
T2D | 0.81 | 0.48–1.35 | 0.413 |
HT | 0.84 | 0.53–1.34 | 0.462 |
%TWL | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 0.920 |
Preoperative | Postoperative | |||||
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GERD n = 63 | Non-GERD n = 305 | GERD n = 95 | Non-GERD n = 273 | |||
Preoperative EGD | ||||||
No, n (%) | 20 (31.8) | 196 (64.3) | 52 (54.7) | 164 (60.1) | ||
Yes, n (%) | 43 (68.2) | 109 (35.7) | 43 (45.3) | 109 (39.9) | ||
No changes | 13 (30.2) | 70 (64.2) | <0.001 | 24 (55.8) | 59 (54.1) | 0.547 |
HH | 20 (46.5) | 37 (33.9) | 16 (37.2) | 41 (37.6) | ||
LA-A | 8 (18.6) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (7.0) | 6 (5.5) | ||
LA-B | 2 (4.7) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.8) | ||
Postoperative EGD | ||||||
No, n (%) | 33 (52.4) | 182 (59.7) | 27 (28.4) | 188 (68.9) | ||
Yes, n (%) | 30 (47.6) | 123 (40.3) | 68 (71.6) | 85 (31.1) | ||
No changes | 19 (63.3) | 80 (65.0) | 0.683 | 26 (38.2) | 73 (85.9) | <0.001 |
HH | 4 (13.3) | 7 (5.7) | 6 (8.8) | 5 (5.9) | ||
LA-A | 1 (3.4) | 8 (6.5) | 8 (11.8) | 1 (1.2) | ||
LA-B | 4 (13.3) | 20 (16.3) | 20 (29.4) | 4 (4.7) | ||
LA-C/D/Barrett | 2 (6.7) | 8 (6.5) | 8 (11.8) | 2 (2.3) |
Variable, n/N * (%) | SG | RYGB | OAGB | p-Value |
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De novo GERD | 52/198 (26.3) | 16/56 (28.6) | 10/51 (19.6) | 0.074 |
Remission of GERD | 16/42 (38.1) | 9/9 (100) | 10/11 (90.9) | 0.005 |
Persistence of GERD | 26/42 (61.9) | 0/9 (0.0) | 1/11 (9.1) | 0.005 |
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Dowgiałło-Gornowicz, N.; Proczko-Stepaniak, M.; Kloczkowska, A.; Jaworski, P.; Major, P. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery—Is It a Problem? A Multicenter Study (BARI-10-POL). J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 5405. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155405
Dowgiałło-Gornowicz N, Proczko-Stepaniak M, Kloczkowska A, Jaworski P, Major P. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery—Is It a Problem? A Multicenter Study (BARI-10-POL). Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(15):5405. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155405
Chicago/Turabian StyleDowgiałło-Gornowicz, Natalia, Monika Proczko-Stepaniak, Anna Kloczkowska, Paweł Jaworski, and Piotr Major. 2025. "Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery—Is It a Problem? A Multicenter Study (BARI-10-POL)" Journal of Clinical Medicine 14, no. 15: 5405. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155405
APA StyleDowgiałło-Gornowicz, N., Proczko-Stepaniak, M., Kloczkowska, A., Jaworski, P., & Major, P. (2025). Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery—Is It a Problem? A Multicenter Study (BARI-10-POL). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(15), 5405. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14155405