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ArticleObesity surgery2018

Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy-a Single-Center, Retrospective Study.

Piotr K Kowalewski, Robert Olszewski, Maciej S Walędziak, Michał R Janik, Andrzej Kwiatkowski, Natalia Gałązka-Świderek, Krzysztof Cichoń, Jakub Brągoszewski, Krzysztof Paśnik

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Piotr K KowalewskiDepartment of General Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141, Warsaw, Poland. pietia.kowalewski@gmail.com.
Robert OlszewskiDepartment of Geriatrics, National Institute of Geriatrics Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland.
Maciej S WalędziakDepartment of General Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141, Warsaw, Poland.
Michał R JanikDepartment of General Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141, Warsaw, Poland.
Andrzej KwiatkowskiDepartment of General Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141, Warsaw, Poland.
Natalia Gałązka-ŚwiderekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital, Łęczna, Poland.
Krzysztof CichońDepartment of Internal Medicine, Regional Hospital, Łęczna, Poland.
Jakub BrągoszewskiDepartment of General Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141, Warsaw, Poland.
Krzysztof PaśnikDepartment of General Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141, Warsaw, Poland.
Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej · PLPolish Academy of Sciences · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the most popular bariatric procedures. We present our long-term results regarding weight loss, comorbidities, and gastric reflux disease. MATERIAL AND

methodsWe identified patients who underwent LSG in our institution between 2006 and 2009. We revised the data, and the patients with outdated contact details were tracked with the national health insurance database and social media (facebook). Each of the identified patients was asked to complete an online or telephone survey covering, among others, their weight and comorbidities. On that basis, we calculated the percent total weight loss (%TWL) and percent excess weight loss (%EWL), along with changes in body mass index (ΔBMI). Satisfactory weight loss was set at >50% EWL (for BMI = 25 kg/m

resultsOne hundred twenty-seven patients underwent LSG between 2006 and 2009. One hundred twenty patients were qualified for this study. Follow-up data was available for 100 participants (47 female, 53 male). Median follow-up period reached 8.0 years (from 7.1 to 10.7). Median BMI upon qualification for LSG was 51.6 kg/m

conclusionsIsolated LSG provides fairly good effects in a long-term follow-up with mean %EWL at 51.1%. Sixteen percent of patients require additional surgery due to insufficient weight loss. More than half of the subjects observe improvement in AHT and T2DM. Over half of the patients complain of GERD symptoms, which in most of the cases is a de novo complaint.

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GastrectomyLaparoscopyAdolescentAdultBody Mass IndexComorbidityDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastroesophageal RefluxHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesBariatric surgeryComorbiditiesGERDLong-term follow-upSleeve

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