Journal article
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus laparoscopic gastric bypass: A retrospective cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are many reports on short-term outcomes following sleeve gastrectomy, which demonstrate that it has comparable efficacy to gastric bypass. However, there are very few long-term comparative reports. This study compared the outcomes from laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGB) in a cohort of patients who had surgery in 2011 with a six-year follow up.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data on patients who …
Authors
Bhandari M; Reddy M; Kosta S; Mathur W; Fobi M
Journal
International Journal of Surgery, Vol. 67, , pp. 47–53
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.05.004
ISSN
1743-9191