Table 5.

Studies of the impact of bariatric surgery on rectal CCPS at 6 months post-surgery

	Present study (N = 22)	Sainsbury et al. [10] (N = 24)	Kant et al. [20] (N = 23)
Procedures	RYGB	RYGB	SG
BMI (kg/m2)
Baseline	42.4	54.4	65.7
Follow-up	31.3	41.8	50.1
RYGB limb lengths
BP limb	63	150	n/a
Roux limb	127	150	n/a
Concurrent cholecystectomy (%)	0	46	NR
CRP (mg/l)
Baseline	5.5	8.7	17.5
Follow-up	1.6	3.8	13.5
Gene expression
COX-1	↓	↑	↔
COX-2	↔	↑	↔
IL-6	↔	↑	↔
MIF	↔	↔	↑
Mitoses per crypt	↓	↑	↔
Mitoses in upper part of crypt	↓	↑	↔
Crypt area	↔	↔	↔
Branching crypts	↔	↔	↔

NR not reported