Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Weight Loss in Patients With Morbid Obesity

Peterli, Ralph; K. Wölnerhanssen, Bettina; Peters, Thomas; Vetter, Diana; Kröll, Dino; Borbély, Yves; Schultes, Bernd; Beglinger, Christoph; Drewe, Jürgen; Schiesser, Marc; C. Nett, Philipp; Bueter, Marco

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.20897

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Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Weight Loss in Patients With Morbid Obesity

Published in JAMA • Jan 16, 2018

Authors:

Ralph Peterli

Bettina K. Wölnerhanssen

Thomas Peters

Abstract

Importance: Sleeve gastrectomy is increasingly used in the treatment of morbid obesity, but its long-term outcome vs the standard Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure is unknown. Objective: To determine whether there are differences between sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in terms of w...

Subject

Medicine

Roux-en-Y anastomosis

Weight loss

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