Safety and efficacy of roux-en-y gastric bypass in older aged patients

ABSTRACT Introduction: laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) has been a revolutionary intervention for weight loss with reduction of up to 60-70% of excess body weight. However, these outcomes are not as well validated at the extremes of age, where the safety of the intervention still has...

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Main Authors: JORGE HUMBERTO RODRIGUEZ QUINTERO, RACHEL GROSSER, GUSTAVO ROMERO VELEZ, VICENTE OMAR RAMOS-SANTILLAN, XAVIER PEREIRA, FERNANDO MUÑOZ FLORES, JENNY CHOI, ERIN MORAN-ATKIN, DIEGO CAMACHO, DIEGO LAURENTINO LIMA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 2022-09-01
Series:Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912022000100242&tlng=en