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SUBMITTER: Manning S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4510900 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Manning Sean S Carter Nicholas C NC Pucci Andrea A Jones Alexander A Elkalaawy Mohamed M Cheung Wui-Hang WH Mohammadi Borzoueh B Finer Nicholas N Fiennes Alberic G AG Hashemi Majid M Jenkinson Andrew D AD Adamo Marco M Batterham Rachel L RL
BMC obesity 20140811
<h4>Background</h4>Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) are the most common bariatric procedures undertaken globally but there are no evidenced-based criteria that inform the selection of one operation over the other. The purpose of this study was thus to compare weight loss outcomes between RYGBP and SG, and to define patient factors affecting weight loss.<h4>Methods</h4>A single-centre two-year follow-up retrospective cohort study of all adults who underwent either RYGB ...[more]