DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1597-1 à Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 2011 Scientiï¬c Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) San Antonio, Texas, USA, 30 Marchâ2 April 2011 Oral Presentations LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY FOR OBESITY: CAN IT BE CONSIDERED A DEFINITIVE PROCEDURE? Edward Chao, MD, Yana Etkin, MD, Lynn Merklinger, NP, Jayne A Lieb, MD, Ajay K Chopra, MD Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine S042 S043 Providing bariatric surgical services is a challenge with an inner-city population. In some areas of NYC, the incidence of super obesity and multiple obesity related comorbidities is high. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) has been proposed as a simpler operation with low incidence of morbidity and mortality especially for severely obese. We have offered LSG as an alternative to other bariatric procedures since June 2006. One hundred and seventy nine LSGâs were performed from June 2006 to February 2010 by a single surgeon. It consisted of 152 females and 27 males. All operations were completed laparoscopically. Mean age was 39.0 years (range: 18-64), with mean pre-operative BMI of 49.2 kg/m2 (range 35.0-77.3). Mean excess weight loss at 3 months was 31% (12-57%), at 6 months was 46% (20-100%), at
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2011 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) San Antonio, Texas, USA, 30 March–2 April 2011 Oral Presentations
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Springer Journals – Mar 1, 2011
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