ArticleAnnals of Saudi medicine
Long-term outcomes after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in Kuwait.
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- Physical activity, eating habits and weight loss outcomes two years following sleeve gastrectomy in women.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Outcomes Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery at a Single Center in the United Arab Emirates.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- Short-term Metabolic Outcomes After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Oman.Oman medical journal · 2025Article
- Long-term Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy in Adolescent Patients: The Effect of Weight Loss in Younger Years to Outcomes in Adulthood.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- Long-term nutritional deficiencies following sleeve gastrectomy: a 6-year single-centre retrospective study.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2021Article
- Efficiency of Laparoscopic One-Step Revision of Failed Adjusted Gastric Banding to Gastric Sleeve: a Retrospective Review of 101 Consecutive Patients.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Five-year outcomes for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy from a single center in Turkey.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been established as an effective means of weight loss. Multiple studies report LSG as a cost-effective procedure with few perioperative complications.
objectivesReport long-term weight changes after LSG in a single center in Kuwait.
designRetrospective analysis of data collected 5-8 years after surgery.
settingA single medical center. PATIENTS AND
methodsAll patients that had undergone LSG between December 2008 and December 2011.
main outcome measuresWeight changes, short-term complications following surgery (within one month). SAMPLE SIZE: 187.
resultsThe mean age at the time of the surgery was 36.5 (10.3) years. Females composed 71.6% of this study population.Two patients (1.1%) presented with a leak within 30 days of the surgery. Twenty-one (11.2%) patients underwent revisional bariatric surgery after LSG. Mean (SD) BMI decreased from 47.1 (8.3) kg/m2 before surgery to 34.3 (7) kg/m2 5-8 years after surgery. Mean (SD) body weight decreased from 126.3 (25.3) kg to 91.6 (19.9) kg 5-8 years following LSG. The mean excess body weight loss was 58.8% (29.2%).
conclusionLSG is a bariatric procedure with low complications and mortality in relation to other forms of bariatric surgery. It is associated with a significant improvement in weight loss in the long term. LIMITATIONS: Recall bias due to the nature of collecting the data, small sample size. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None.
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