[Biliopancreatic diversion and simultaneous resection of a giant ulcerated fatty mass in a patient with body mass index: 75]

Nutr Hosp. 2014 Jan 1;29(1):212-4. doi: 10.3305/nh.2014.29.1.6895.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Bariatric Surgery is currently the best treatment option for patients with Morbid Obesity and a Body Mass Index ≥ 40 kg/m2. Despite its high rate of postoperative and nutritional complications, biliopancreatic diversion (Scopinaro s procedure) has shown best results in terms of excess weight loss and improving obesity-associated diseases. This technique was performed on a 52-year-old woman (weight = 174 Kg, height = 152 cm, BMI= 75.3 kg/m2), with a classic open access due to anaesthesiologist's indication. During this procedure it was also performed a resection of a giant fatty mass on the inner side of left lower limb, which was ulcerated and infected. Postoperative period was uneventful, excepting wound dehiscence of the leg, requiring re-suturing. Six months after hospital discharge, the patient's percent excess weight loss was 36.98%. In our bariatric surgery series, with more than 400 patients since 2002, this patient was the one with the highest BMI.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Biliopancreatic Diversion*
  • Body Mass Index*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ulcer / surgery
  • Weight Loss