Prevalence of Gastritis among Morbidly Obese Patients Subjected to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy at a Tertiary Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

BACKGROUND AND

OBJECTIVE

Morbidly obese persons often get gastritis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). The study examined the prevalence of gastritis and associated risk factors after LSG at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The present retrospective cross-sectional study comprised patients with obesity aged 18 and older who received LSG between 2019 and 2023. Pre- and post-operative gastritis symptoms, results, and risk factors were examined.

RESULTS

The study involved 343 patients. Gastritis was common after LSG, affecting 70.3% of patients. Gastritis was approximately twice as likely in women as in men. Hypothyroidism and cesarean section history increased gastritis risk by five-fold and three-fold, respectively. H. pylori infection increased the risk of gastritis seventeen-fold after surgery.

CONCLUSION

Significant risk variables were female gender, hypothyroidism, cesarean section history, and H. pylori infection.