Chronic Abdominal Pain Prevalence in Patients Undergoing the Bariatric Surgery With Positive History of H. pylori

Amin Dalili; Nasrin Kamali; Ali Jangjo; Mostafa Sadeghi; Fatemeh  Kiyani Far; Sara Mohammadi; Masoud Mahdavi Zafarghandi

doi:10.18502/acta.v60i9.11098

Amin Dalili Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Nasrin Kamali Department of Operating Room, Faculty of Nursing, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
Ali Jangjo Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mostafa Sadeghi Montaseriyeh Dialysis and Transplant Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Fatemeh Kiyani Far Faculty of Nursing, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
Sara Mohammadi Department of Operating Room, Faculty of Paramedical, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
Masoud Mahdavi Zafarghandi Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/acta.v60i9.11098

Keywords: Chronic abdominal pain; Bariatric surgery; H. pylori

Abstract

Obesity/bariatric surgery is rising as the most effective treatment for obesity. In previous studies, the history of Helicobacter pylori as the main cause of chronic abdominal pain in patients undergoing bariatric surgery has not been discussed. In this study, we determine in a set of patients how much of the number of people with positive H. pylori before the operation in one year later suffered from chronic abdominal pain. A retrospective study was conducted on 320 patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Data were collected by interviewing and referring to the medical records of patients. Of 320 patients, 125 were H. pylori-positive, and from these numbers, 43 had chronic abdominal pain (34.4%). Although in previous studies of bariatric surgery, the history of H. pylori has not been identified as the main cause of chronic abdominal pain after surgery. However, according to the available evidence in this study, with a prevalence of more than one-third of chronic abdominal pain in one year after surgery in patients with a history of preoperative H. pylori, pylori can be a potential cause of postoperative chronic pain.