Sleeve Gastrectomy in the German Bariatric Surgery Registry from 2005 to 2016 – Perioperative and 5-Year Results

Bariatric and metabolic surgery is significantly superior to conservative treatment in terms of weight loss and remission of comorbidities, so that it is an important option to treat obesity III ° and II° with comorbidities [1, 2]. During the last 30 years bariatric procedures in Germany and worldwide changed significantly. Conventional procedures by laparotomy disappeared almost completely and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding decreased distinctly. In Germany laparoscopic sleeve ga strectomy (SG) is currently the most frequently performed procedure (figure 1), whereas international data shows comparable numbers for SG and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) [3].
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research