A284 Single institution 10 year review of over 1700 vertical sleeve gastrectomies. Effect of Preoperative BMI on the Long-term Weight Loss Outcome

Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is an effective bariatric surgery, but its application to all patients may not portend to enough long term weight loss for some based on their initial BMI. It remains unclear if patients of various preoperative BMI ’s will benefit equally from SG.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - September 30, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: federico perez quirante, Gintaras Antanavicius, Kristin Noonan, Fernando Bonanni Source Type: research