Weight Loss and Changes in Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Volume after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: a Prospective Study with 12-Month Follow-Up

ConclusionPostoperatively, there was higher net loss of SAT but higher relative loss of VAT with weight loss. SM was lost only during the first three  months. MRI provides accurate evaluation of surgeries’ effect on individual patients’ tissue composition. This can benefit risk assessment for related cardiovascular and metabolic health but cost-related factors will likely reserve the used methods for research.
Source: Obesity Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research