Trends in Bariatric Surgery Procedures among Patients with ESKD in the United States.
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has replaced Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as the most common bariatric surgical procedure in patients with ESKD. The data also demonstrate a favorable complication profile in patients with sleeve gastrectomy.
PMID: 31345840 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Sheetz KH, Woodside KJ, Shahinian VB, Dimick JB, Montgomery JR, Waits SA Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research
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