Open AccessWeight Loss and Dietary Intake After Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Author(s) -
Robert E. Brolin,
Lisa B. Robertson,
Hallis A. Kenler,
Ronald P. Cody
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199412000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , gastric bypass , roux en y anastomosis , weight loss , gastroenterology , obesity
The purpose of this study was to learn whether preoperative eating habits can be used to predict outcome after vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Several independent randomized and sequential studies have reported significantly greater weight loss after RYGB in comparison with VBG. Although the mechanism responsible for weight loss after both procedures is restriction of intake rather than malabsorption, the relationships between calorie intake, food preferences, and postoperative weight loss are not well defined.