Maman Boukari Haboubacr, Ridwane Kassir, B Deparseval, M Nunziante, X Guidicelli, C Wantz, and M Benois
Background: The obese patient is subject to numerous comorbidities, in particular respiratory ones. As a preoperative assessment of bariatric surgery, a respiratory function test (EFR) is performed. We describe here the interest of respiratory preparation before bariatric surgery.
Method: This was a prospective study over three (3) years from 2019 to 2022, including all patients who had benefited from an EFR and were treated for bariatric surgery. The patients were evaluated epidemiologically (age, sex, profession, socioeconomic level, smoking, body mass index (BMI), presence or not of atopy, co-morbidities), clinical (severity of obesity), functional (respiratory, therapeutic and evolutionary functional exploration.
Results: At the meeting we performed a hundred bariatric surgeries for obese patients. The reason for consultation was the presence of overweight in all of our patients. Surgical management consisted of a gastric sleeve in 80% of our patients and gastric bypass in 20%. The postoperative course was simple.
Conclusion: Bariatric surgery remains a better option to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from obesity. The co-morbidities linked to this obesity find their days shortened with surgery. This article aims to bring the interest of respiratory preparation before surgery in order to avoid respiratory complications