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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2018

Pattern of changes in quality of life of obese patients after sleeve gastrectomy in Sulaimani provence -Kurdistan-Iraq, based on 4 years experience in two bariatric centers.

Hiwa Omer Ahmed

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Hiwa Omer AhmedMetabolic and Bariatric Surgery, College of Medicine -University of Sulaimani, Hospital for Endoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Iraq.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity influences all aspects of the life of obese patients physically, psychologically, socially and monetarily, it is not only a disease but rather a beginning point of a group of ailments and inabilities, which gradually impacts and changes all aspects of their life.

objectivesThe changes in the Quality of life in respect to the amount of access weight lost after sleeve gastrectomy. PATIENTS MATERIALS AND

methodsA prospective longitudinal study evaluating 40 female patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy within 4 years, starting from July 4th, 2012 up to July 5th, 2016.

resultsMore than three-quarter of the patients were not satisfied with their body before their operation, but six to twelve months after their weight loss; (N = 36, 90%) of them were satisfied with their new body image. Half of the patients were unhappy before their operation, but twelve months later (N = 31, 77.5%) of them became much happier. Regarding satisfaction with the body image, noticeable improvement occurred since (N = 36, 90%) of them were satisfied with their new body image. While, most of them have had low self-esteem and (N 27, 67.5%) of the patients had no self-esteem at all, 12 months after the operation (N = 35, 87.5%) felt great improvement in their self-esteem (p-value =

conclusionSignificant changes in the parallel pattern to the extent of EWL were noticed in the quality of life of morbidly obese patients after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

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A patternLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomyMorbid obesityNon-health quality of lifeParallelQuality of lifeReverse-pattern

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