Suboptimal results after sphincteroplasty: another hazard of obesity
- Authors
- Hong K.D.; DaSilva G.; Dollerschell J.T.; Wexner S.D.
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l.
- Keywords
- Fecal incontinence; Obesity; Sphincteroplasty
- Citation
- Techniques in Coloproctology, v.18, no.11, pp 1055 - 1059
- Pages
- 5
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Techniques in Coloproctology
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 1055
- End Page
- 1059
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/9933
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10151-014-1195-z
- ISSN
- 1123-6337
1128-045X
- Abstract
- Background: This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of sphincteroplasty in obese patients.Methods: Patients with fecal incontinence (FI) who underwent sphincter repair were identified and divided into obese [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2] and nonobese (BMI < 30 kg/m2) groups. Cleveland Clinic Florida FI Score (CCFFIS: 0 best and 20 worst) and FI quality of life (FIQoL) score (mean global FIQoL: 4.11 best and 1 worst) were recorded. Wilcoxon and Mann–Whitney U tests compared quantitative variables; Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical variables.Results: Seventy-nine patients (78 females; mean age: 57 ± 15 years) were divided into obese (n = 15) and nonobese (n = 64) groups and were similar in age, etiology, physiologic parameters, and preoperative CCFFIS. Median follow-up was 64 (13–138) months. There were 3 (25 %) and 11 (17 %) complications in the obese and nonobese groups, respectively (p = 0.68), the most common being wound infection. Mean CCFFIS decreased from 16.0 ± 3.9 to 11.5 ± 6.5 in the obese (p < 0.001) and 16.2 ± 3.4 to 8.4 ± 5.0 in the nonobese groups (p < 0.001). Postoperative CCFFIS correlated with FIQoL (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = −0.738, p < 0.001). Nonobese patients had significantly higher CCFFIS improvement (48 vs. 28 % p = 0.04) and a superior mean global FIQoL score (2.19 ± 0.9 vs. 2.93 ± 0.8, p < 0.01). Four (29 %) obese and 11 (17 %) nonobese patients required further surgery after failed sphincteroplasty (p = 0.45).Conclusions: Risk of complications and need of further continence surgery were similar between obese and nonobese patients. However, obese patients experienced less improvement after sphincteroplasty. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Italia Srl.
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