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CES Medicina

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MORENO-TORRES, EMILIO; HERNANDEZ-RAMIREZ, IVÁN  and  ZUNIGA-LOPEZ, GUSTAVO. Obesity reduction after gastric sleeve in a cohort of 15 patients. CES Med. [online]. 2013, vol.27, n.2, pp.185-192. ISSN 0120-8705.

Introduction: Morbid obesity is a chronic disease that manifests in any age or sex, and has great social and economic impact. Its management through bariatric surgery has shown favorable results, achieving weight loss and controlling excess associated metabolic diseases, one of the most promising surgical alternative is the gastric sleeve. To describe the effect of the technique in reducing the weight of this research was conducted. Method: Descriptive observational study based on fifteen regular monitoring of patients operated on by "gastrectomy sleeve" laparoscopic, in order to control morbid obesity, achieving also decreased expression of the cronic diseases. Results: patients before bariatric surgery were a corporeal mass index (BMI) of between 35 and 43 corresponding to the severe state of morbid obesity, there is an average weight loss of 36 % after a year. Conclusion: Bariatric surgery by "gastrectomy sleeve" laparoscopic weight loss guarantees associated comorbidities improving and reducing early complications related to the surgical procedure, this represents effective time management and economy of effort

Keywords : Bariatric surgery; Weight reduction; Morbid obesity; Overweight.

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