Key clinical point: Over half of the patients with migraine who underwent bariatric surgery experienced migraine remission following surgery, with likelihood of remission being higher after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) than after vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG).
Major finding: Remission of migraine was observed in 55.4% of patients who underwent surgery. Likelihood of migraine remission was higher with RYGB vs. VSG (adjusted relative rate, 1.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.05-1.17).
Study details: The data come from a retrospective analysis of 1,680 patients with chronic migraine who underwent bariatric surgery (RYGB, n=742; VSG, n=938) between 2010 and 2017.
Disclosures: No source of funding was declared. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Nudotor R et al. Obes Surg. 2021 Feb 11. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-05204-w .