作者
John Melissas, Markos Daskalakis, Sophia Koukouraki, Ioannis Askoxylakis, Maria Metaxari, Efstathios Dimitriadis, Maria Stathaki, John A Papadakis
发表日期
2008/10
期刊
Obesity surgery
卷号
18
页码范围
1251-1256
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
Background
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG), which, thus far, is showing good resolution of comorbidities and good weight loss, shows increasing popularity among bariatric surgeons. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical outcome and the gastric emptying of solid foods, 24 months after SG.
Methods
Fourteen morbidly obese patients, four males and ten females, median age 41 years (range 29–65), median body mass index (BMI) 49.46 kg/m2 (range 41.14–55.63), who underwent SG for weight loss, were studied prospectively. Nine patients underwent gastric emptying studies, using radioisotopic technique before, 6 months and 24 months after the operation. The remaining five patients underwent gastric emptying studies, 6 months and 24 months after the operation.
Results
A significant reduction in patients’ weight and …
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