(Saturday, June 4, HealthDay News) - the risk of fractures after intervention of weight loss can be even higher than that previously thought, a new study suggests.
Prior research has shown that people who undergo surgery to lose weight, like gastric bypass, have an increased risk of bone fractures. For example, a study shows that a factor 1.8 increased risk of fracture by report to the general population.
But further analysis has shown the risk was in fact closer to 2.3 times higher, according to the study will be presented Saturday at the system company endocrine annual meeting in Boston.
The researchers noted the chances of breaking the feet or hands are still higher - approximately three times higher than normal.
"A negative effect on the health of bones that may increase the risk of fractures is an important consideration for people taking account of Bariatric Surgery and those who have undergone Bariatric Surgery," said author Kelly Nakamura, medical student at the clinic of Mayo College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, in a press release of the study.
258 Patients following surgery Bariatric, researchers found that 79 of them were 132 fractures in nine years. On average, the first break happened approximately six years after surgery. The study noted patients having obtained more than physical activity before the surgery had a lower risk of fracture than those who were more sedentary.
The authors of the study noted the increased risk of bone fracture does not necessarily coincide with a greater risk for developing osteoporosis, bone-thinning of age-related disease.
As a result, they said, drugs used to treat osteoporosis may not be appropriate for these patients. Researchers have found additional studies are needed to explain not only the link between the Bariatric Surgery and fractures, but also to determine the best way to prevent these breaks that passes in the first place.
"Clinicians can must consider measures to optimize bone health and reduce the risk of fracture after Bariatric Surgery, such as the prevention of falls and the optimization of calcium and vitamin d nutrition,", said the investigator of the study, Dr. Kurt Kennel, Assistant Professor of medicine at the Mayo clinical endocrinology division, in the press release.
Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be considered preliminary until published in a refereed journal.
More information
The American Society for metabolic and bariatric surgery has more information about the benefits of Bariatric Surgery.
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