Treating severe obesity: morbid weights and morbid waits
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Definiiion of Morbid Obesity
Vertical banded gastroplasty has replaced jejunoileal bypass in the surgical treatment of morbid obesity. Although this procedure carries a low incidence of early postoperative complications there is little information on either longer term follow up or the impact on nutritional status. The present study describes the outcome in 42 patients with morbid obesity who underwent vertical banded gast...
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of evidence • Patients undergoing various bariatric surgical procedures lost an average of 61.2% of their excess weight (varying from 47.5% for gastric banding to 70.1% for biliopancreatic diversion or duodenal switch procedures) • Perioperative mortality was relatively low (varying from 0.1% for banding, 0.5% for bypass, to 1.1% for biliopancreatic diversion or duodenal switch) • Most patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081508