Preoperative resting energy expenditure does not predict weight loss and maintenance after vertical banded gastroplasty.
BACKGROUND
The authors evaluated the predictive efficacy of preoperative resting energy expenditure (REE) on long-term weight loss maintenance following vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG). In the long-term following VBG, low energy expenditure could lead to regain of weight, and thereby REE data might be a reliable predictor of long-term weight outcomes.


METHODS
A prospective study was conducted, taking into account the relationship between preoperative REE values and the results at 3 and 5 years following VBG in terms of both weight loss and success of the operation.


RESULTS
Long-term weight loss and outcome following VBG appeared to be completely independent of the preoperative REE.


CONCLUSIONS
Preoperative REE cannot predict long-term weight outcome following VBG.
Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche, Università di Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy.
Giovanni
G
Camerini
Giuseppe M
GM
Marinari
Gian Franco
GF
Adami
Nicola
N
Scopinaro
D004734:Energy Metabolism; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*