Trends in Early Morbidity and Mortality after Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients over 60 Years : Retrospective Review and Data Analysis of the German Bariatric Surgery Registry.

Background: The population are getting older and obesity is growing. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is increasingly used worldwide but is still used with skepticism in the elderly. The purpose of our analysis is to judge the security of LSG in patients older than 60 years compared to patients younger than 60 years.