This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.

VIDEO: Bariatric surgery may improve symptoms of psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis

Add topic to email alerts

Receive an email when new articles are posted on

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .

Subscribe

Added to email alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

Back to Healio

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Back to Healio

SAN FRANCISCO — At the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Soumya M. Reddy, MD, co-director, NYU Psoriatic Arthritis Center, and assistant professor of medicine, New York University School of Medicine, discussed results of a study that found excessive weight loss aided by bariatric surgery was linked to improved symptoms in patients with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

Reddy and colleagues reviewed a database of 9,073 bariatric surgeries performed at one surgical center between 2002 and 2013. They identified 128 patients who had a diagnosis of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis before bariatric surgery, of whom 86 patients agreed to participate in the study. The researchers found 62% of patients with psoriatic arthritis and 55% of patients with psoriasis reported improvement in symptoms.