[Influence of the lockdown due to COVID-19 on weight-loss results during the first year after sleeve gastrectomy].

Abstract

Introduction\nCOVID-19 pandemic has lead to lockdown of population in many countries. In Spain, the state of alarm was established from March 15 to June 20, 2020. Usually this fact decreased people s mobility and physical activity, in addition to producing or exacerbating psychological disorders. Our aim was to determine the influence that this condition had over the short-term ponderal results of patients undergoing laparoscopic vertical gastrectomy from May 2019 to May 2020.\n\n\nMethods\nCase-control study for comparing the percentage of excess weight lost (%EWL) and the percentage of total weight lost (%TWL) of patients that underwent a VG during the last year, so they were affected by lockdown in April and part of March 2020 (group 1), to the %EWL and %TWL of a control group (group 2), obtained from our previous series.\n\n\nResults\nThe mean %EWL in group 1 is 47,37\xa0±\xa018,59 and in group 2 is 51,13\xa0±\xa017,59, being p\xa0=\xa00,438. Meanwhile, the mean %TWL in group 1 is 21,14\xa0±\xa08,17 and in group 2 is 24,67\xa0±\xa08,01, with p\xa0=\xa00,115.\n\n\nConclusions\nPopulation lockdown by COVID-19 did not get worse short-term results of vertical gastrectomy. More studies with a larger number of patients are necessary to draw firm conclusions.