Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience
Obesity has emerged as a serious health care problem globally in recent decades. Various surgical options have been tried in recent years and Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one such options. This article presents a retrospective analysis of 47 patients who underwent this operation over a p...
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
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| description | Obesity has emerged as a serious health care problem globally in recent decades. Various surgical options have been tried in recent years and Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one such options. This article presents a retrospective analysis of 47 patients who underwent this operation over a period of 18 months from January 2013 and June 2015. All the patients achieved a significant weight loss with no adverse effects, thereby showing this modality to be safe and effective single surgical intervention for body weight reduction in morbidly obese |
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| spelling | doaj.art-842edc87398e4731b272bea6c42803562022-12-21T23:22:03ZengLight House Polyclinic MangaloreOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59970972-59972017-05-01161Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An ExperienceSajad Ahmad Salati0Arief Ismael Arrowaili1Assistant Professor, Unaizah College of Medicine, Qassim University, Al-Qassim, KSAAssistant Professor, College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic university, Riyadh, KSAObesity has emerged as a serious health care problem globally in recent decades. Various surgical options have been tried in recent years and Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one such options. This article presents a retrospective analysis of 47 patients who underwent this operation over a period of 18 months from January 2013 and June 2015. All the patients achieved a significant weight loss with no adverse effects, thereby showing this modality to be safe and effective single surgical intervention for body weight reduction in morbidly obesehttp://www.ojhas.org/issue61/2017-1-7.htmlMorbid ObesityLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG)Body Mass Index (BMI) |
| spellingShingle | Sajad Ahmad Salati Arief Ismael Arrowaili Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences Morbid Obesity Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) Body Mass Index (BMI) |
| title | Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience |
| title_full | Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience |
| title_fullStr | Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience |
| title_short | Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – An Experience |
| title_sort | laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy an experience |
| topic | Morbid Obesity Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) Body Mass Index (BMI) |
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