One Thousand Consecutive Mini-Gastric Bypass: Short- and Long-term Outcome

There is growing evidence that mini-gastric bypass (MGB) is a safe and effective procedure. Operative outcome and long-term follow-up of a consecutive cohort of patients who underwent MGB are reported. The data on 1,000 patients who underwent MGB from November 2005 to January 2011 at an academic ins...

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Published in:Obesity surgery 2012-05, Vol.22 (5), p.697-703
Main Authors: Noun, Roger, Skaff, Judith, Riachi, Edward, Daher, Ronald, Antoun, Nayla Abi, Nasr, Marwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Clinical outcomes
Clinical Report
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastric Bypass - adverse effects
Gastric Bypass - methods
Gastrointestinal surgery
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity, Morbid - complications
Obesity, Morbid - physiopathology
Obesity, Morbid - surgery
Patient Selection
Postoperative Complications - physiopathology
Postoperative Complications - surgery
Reoperation
Surgery
Surgical techniques
Treatment Outcome
Weight Gain
Weight Loss
Young Adult
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Summary:There is growing evidence that mini-gastric bypass (MGB) is a safe and effective procedure. Operative outcome and long-term follow-up of a consecutive cohort of patients who underwent MGB are reported. The data on 1,000 patients who underwent MGB from November 2005 to January 2011 at an academic institution were reviewed. Mean age was 33.15 ± 10.17 years (range, 14–72), preoperative BMI was 42.5 ± 6.3 kg/m 2 (range, 26–75), mean preoperative weight was 121.6 ± 23.8 kg (range, 71–240), and 663 were women. Operative time and length of stay for primary vs. revisional MGB were 89 ± 12.8 min vs. 144 ± 15 min ( p  
ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
DOI:10.1007/s11695-012-0618-z