Alguns estudos têm demonstrado aumento do risco de doença osteometabólica e redução de densidade mineral óssea (DMO) após a cirurgia bariátrica. Realizou-se uma revisão sistemática de estudos de caso-controle e coorte com o objetivo de avaliar a relação entre cirurgia bariátrica e o metabolismo ósseo. A procura foi realizada na MedLine de janeiro 1997 a agosto 2009, utilizando os descritores: "bariatric surgery" e "osteoporosis", "fracture", "bone diseases", "metabolic". Foram incluídos seis estudos, sendo quatro coortes e dois casos-controle. Três desses estudos avaliaram metabolismo ósseo e DMO e os demais avaliaram apenas o metabolismo ósseo. Com base nesta revisão, a cirurgia bariátrica está associada com alterações no metabolismo ósseo, perda de massa óssea e aumento no risco de fraturas. Entretanto, os estudos tiveram acompanhamento máximo de dois anos após a cirurgia, havendo necessidade de estudos de maior seguimento para melhor conhecimento dessa associação.

Few studies have demonstrated the risk of metabolic bone disease and a reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) after bariatric surgery. A systematic review was conducted of case-control and cohort studies with the aim of evaluating the relationship between bariatric surgery and bone metabolism. The search was undertaken in MedLine, covering the period from January 1997 to August 2009, using the keywords: "bariatric surgery" AND "osteoporosis", "fracture", "bone diseases", "metabolic". Six studies were included, comprising four cohort and two case-control studies. Three studies evaluated bone metabolism and BMD, and the other evaluated bone metabolism only. Based on this review, bariatric surgery is associated with alterations in bone metabolism, loss of bone mass and an increased risk of fracture. However, the maximum evaluation period covered by these studies was two years after surgery, hence the need to undertake further studies of longer duration in order to achieve a more thorough understanding of this association.

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o metabolismo ósseo, a densidade mineral óssea (DMO) e as fraturas vertebrais em obesos mórbidos. SUJEITOS E MÉTODOS: Série de casos de 29 mulheres obesas e na pré-menopausa das quais 15 foram submetidas à cirurgia bariátrica. Realizadas dosagem sérica de cálcio, albumina, hormônio da paratireoide (PTH) e 25-hidróxi-vitamina D (25OHD), densitometria óssea de coluna lombar e fêmur e radiografia de coluna vertebral. RESULTADOS: Os níveis de PTH estavam elevados em 46,6% das pacientes operadas e em 21,4% das pacientes não operadas (p = 0,245); 26,7% das operadas e 28,6% das não operadas apresentavam 25OHD < 30 ng/mL (p = 1,000). A ingestão de cálcio foi maior no grupo operado (p = 0,004) e o cálcio sérico foi menor neste grupo (p = 0,019). Não houve diferenças significativas na densidade mineral óssea (DMO) e na prevalência de fraturas vertebrais entre os grupos. CONCLUSÃO: Em mulheres na pré-menopausa, submetidas ao bypass gástrico em Y de Roux, há considerável má absorção intestinal de cálcio, que parece ser o principal fator causador do hiperparatireoidismo secundário.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone metabolism, bone density (BMD) and vertebral fractures in morbidly obese individuals. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Case series of 29 premenopausal obese patients, 15 of whom had been submitted to bariatric surgery. Serum calcium, albumin, PTH and 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) were measured as well as bone densitometry of the lumbar spine and proximal femur, and lateral spine x-rays. RESULTS: High parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were recorded in 46.6% of the surgical patients and in 21.4% of the non-surgical patients (p = 0.245); 26.7% of the former and 28.6% of the latter revealed levels 25OHD < 30 ng/mL (p = 1.000). Calcium intake was higher in the surgical group (p = 0.004) along with lower serum calcium concentrations (p = 0.019). There were no significant differences in bone mineral density (BMD) or in the prevalence of vertebral fractures between groups. CONCLUSION: In premenopausal women undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass there is important intestinal calcium mal absorption which seems to be the main factor causing secondary hyperparathyroidism.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the morphometric and topographic aspects of coronary ostia, correlating them with the aortic leaflets. METHODS: Fifty-one hearts with the great vessels attached were analyzed in this study. The ascending aorta was transversally sectioned 1 cm above the commissures of the aortic leaflets. The right and left coronary ostia were analyzed, as were the distances from these ostia to the bottom of the aortic sinuses and to the commissures of the aortic leaflets. RESULTS: The left coronary ostium was located below the intercommissural line in 42% of cases, above that line in 40% of cases, and at the level of that line in 18% of cases. The mean distance from the left coronary ostium to the bottom of the corresponding sinus was 12.6±2.61 mm. The right coronary ostium was located below the intercommissural line in 60% of cases, above that line in 28% of cases, and at the level of that line in 12% of cases. The mean distance from the right coronary ostium to the bottom of the corresponding aortic sinus was 13.2±2.64 mm. The mean diameters of the left and right coronary ostia were 4.75±0.93 mm and 3.46±0.94 mm, respectively. The mean diameters of the juxtamural portion of the left and right coronary arteries were 3.75±0.79 mm and 2.9±0.73 mm, respectively. In one case, both ostia were located in the left coronary sinus. CONCLUSION: The left coronary ostium may be located either above or below the intercommissural line. The right coronary ostium is predominantly located below the intercommissural line. The coronary ostia have reduced diameters as compared with the juxtamural diameters of their respective coronary arteries.