Abstract:
:Gastric restrictive surgery has evolved over the past decade as the treatment of choice for morbid obesity. We reviewed our experience with 289 patients who underwent gastric surgery for morbid obesity. Comorbid diseases included respiratory insufficiency in 19 percent of the patients, hypertension in 36 percent, diabetes in 15 percent, arthritis in 30 percent, and heart disease in 6 percent. Operative mortality was 0. The follow-up rate was 93 percent. Overall mortality was 1 percent, with no death directly attributed to the operative procedure. Weight loss was studied over the 6-year study period. Four to 6 years postoperatively, overall weight loss was 50 to 64 percent of excess weight. The treatment failure rate 12 to 18 months postoperatively was 5 percent. The experience with gastric restrictive surgery in 12 centers involving 5,178 patients was reviewed and compared with our results. Overall operative and late mortality rates were quite similar to observed death rates for nonobese men and women between 25 and 64 years of age. These data suggest that gastric surgery for morbid obesity results in a significant reduction in health risk.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Benotti PN,Hollingshead J,Mascioli EA,Bothe A Jr,Bistrian BR,Blackburn GLdoi
10.1016/0002-9610(89)90438-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
150-5issue
1eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
0002-9610(89)90438-8journal_volume
157pub_type
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更新日期:2020-10-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
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更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1983-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00