I J Arteaga-González1,2,3, A I Martín-Malagón4,5, J C Ruiz de Adana4, F de la Cruz Vigo4, A J Torres-García4, A C Carrillo-Pallares6,4,5. 1. SECO Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad, Madrid, Spain. obesidadtenerife@gmail.com. 2. University Hospital of Canary Islands, La Laguna, Spain. obesidadtenerife@gmail.com. 3. Department of Surgery, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain. obesidadtenerife@gmail.com. 4. University Hospital of Canary Islands, La Laguna, Spain. 5. Department of Surgery, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain. 6. SECO Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
Bariatric surgery is one of the most common general surgery procedures in countries that, like Spain, have public healthcare systems, but is also one of the procedures for which patients have to wait the longest. The Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery (SECO) conducted a survey to estimate the situation of bariatric surgery waiting lists in Spain's public hospitals and to gather information on a number of related aspects. METHODS: An online survey was sent to the members of the SECO. The survey received 137 visits, all via the click-through link provided, from 52 health centers (47 public and 5 private). The data collected were included in a database and later analyzed using the SPSS18.0 statistical software package. RESULTS: A total of 4724 patients were on bariatric surgery waiting lists (BWLs), at an average of 100 per public hospital. Sixty-eight percent had been waiting for more than 6 months. The mean delay per patient was 397 days, and the longest wait was 1661 days. A further 46.2% of respondents were able to recall cases of patients who in the past 5 years had suffered cardiovascular events with sequelae while awaiting surgery, and 21.2% recalled at least one fatal cardiovascular event in that time. CONCLUSION: Our data revealed an unacceptably long wait for obesity surgery. Notwithstanding the limitations and potential biases of our research, the long wait for surgery in our context inevitably has serious consequences for a potentially significant number of patients.
Bariatric surgery is one of the most common general surgery procedures in countries that, like Spain, have public healthcare systems, but is also one of the procedures for which patients have to wait the longest. The Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery (SECO) conducted a survey to estimate the situation of bariatric surgery waiting lists in Spain's public hospitals and to gather information on a number of related aspects. METHODS: An online survey was sent to the members of the SECO. The survey received 137 visits, all via the click-through link provided, from 52 health centers (47 public and 5 private). The data collected were included in a database and later analyzed using the SPSS18.0 statistical software package. RESULTS: A total of 4724 patients were on bariatric surgery waiting lists (BWLs), at an average of 100 per public hospital. Sixty-eight percent had been waiting for more than 6 months. The mean delay per patient was 397 days, and the longest wait was 1661 days. A further 46.2% of respondents were able to recall cases of patients who in the past 5 years had suffered cardiovascular events with sequelae while awaiting surgery, and 21.2% recalled at least one fatal cardiovascular event in that time. CONCLUSION: Our data revealed an unacceptably long wait for obesity surgery. Notwithstanding the limitations and potential biases of our research, the long wait for surgery in our context inevitably has serious consequences for a potentially significant number of patients.
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Bariatric surgery; Vascular events; Waiting list; Waiting time
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