Is Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Asian Super Obese a Safe and Effective Procedure?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hannah Jh, Ng; Guowei, Kim; Claire Alexandra Z, Chew; Moe Thu, San; Jimmy By, So; Asim, Shabbir
- Source
- Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 47(5)
- Subject
- Singapore
Asian People
Gastrectomy
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Humans
Laparoscopy
Patient Safety
Obesity, Morbid
Retrospective Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0304-4602
Outcomes of bariatric surgery for super obese Asians are not well reported. We aimed to compare short-term outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in Asian patients with body mass index (BMI)47.5 kg/mA total of 272 patients from Singapore university hospital who underwent LSG from 2008 to 2015 with a follow-up of at least 6 months were included in the study. Primary endpoint was weight loss at 1-year and 3-years. Morbid obesity (Group 1, G1) was defined as BMI47.5 kg/mThere were 215 patients in G1 and 57 patients in G2 (mean preoperative weight: 107.3 kg and 146.8 kg; mean follow-up: 27.9 and 26.8 months, respectively). Mean total weight loss at 3-year of 41.9 kg for G2 was significantly higher (LSG is an equally safe and effective operation in Asians with BMI ≥47.5 kg/m2 when compare to patients with BMI47.5 kg/m