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. 2011 Sep 1;129(5):291–299. doi: 10.1590/S1516-31802011000500003

Table 2.

Numbers and indications for hospitalization, one year before and one year after bariatric surgery

  • Admission causes one

  • year before surgery

  • Number of

  • hospitalizations

  • Admission causes one

  • year after surgery

  • Number of

  • hospitalizations

Patients with gastrointestinal tract procedures or complications relating to bariatric surgery procedure
 Laparoscopic surgery 6 Laparoscopic surgery 13
Laparotomy surgery 12
 Endoscopic interventions 2 Endoscopic interventions 2
Hospitalizations due to surgical complications 30
Patients with elective surgical procedures plastic surgery excluded)
 Breast intervention 1 Breast intervention 1
 Genitourinary tract intervention 8 Genitourinary tract intervention 14
Patients with orthopedic surgical procedures
 Fractures 1 Fractures 1
 Limb arthropathy 4 Limb arthropathy 4
 Spinal arthropathy 7 Spinal arthropathy 4
Patients with clinical hospital admissions
 Infectious diseases 3 Infectious diseases 2
 Chronic degenerative diseases 3 Chronic degenerative diseases 4
 Psychiatric hospitalizations 5 Psychiatric hospitalizations 2
Patients with cardiovascular procedures
 Cardiac procedures 2 Cardiac procedures 1
 Lower-limb procedures 6 Lower-limb procedures 3
Patients with other reasons for hospitalization
 Tumors (benign) 3 Tumors (benign) 1
 Trauma 1 Trauma 1
 Pulmonary thromboembolism 1
 Hospitalization total 53 95