Open AccessSuperior Gastric Reduction Procedure for Morbid Obesity; A Prospective, Randomized Trial
Author(s) -
Henry L. Laws,
Steven Piantadosi
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198103000-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , weight loss , gastric bypass , randomized controlled trial , morbid obesity , surgery , prospective cohort study , roux en y anastomosis , severe obesity , obesity , clinical trial
A prospective randomized clinical trial was undertaken to compare the effects of gastric bypass with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy and a gastric partitioning procedure. Operative groups were comparable, with regard to preoperative weight, age, sex, historic findings and operative complications. Post-operative weight loss was followed for one year. Patients receiving the gastric partitioning procedure showed significantly poorer weight loss as early as three months postoperatively than did those receiving gastric bypass. This poorer performance persisted throughout the study period.