Rate (n/%) of complications 3 and 12 months after LSG in morbidly obese patients.

Rate (n/%) of complications 3 and 12 months after LSG in morbidly obese patients.

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The outcome of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), one of the most common bariatric surgery (BS) procedure, may differ depending on the patient’s age, gender, preoperative BMI. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of LSG technique on weight loss, obesity-associated co-morbidities and complications in patients undergoing LSG over thre...

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... rates of complications in morbidly obese patients 3 and 12 months after LSG are shown in Table 3. Overall, the LSG-related complications were significantly decreased in 12 months compared to 3 months follow up after LSG. ...

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