Digestive adaptation: A new surgical proposal to treat obesity based on physiology and evolution

Autor: Sérgio Santoro, Manoel Carlos Prieto Velhote, Carlos Eduardo Malzoni, Alexandre Sérgio Gracia Mechenas, Victor Strassmann, Morton Scheinberg
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Einstein (São Paulo), Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 99-104 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1679-4508
Popis: Objective: To report on a new surgical technique to treat obesity -Digestive Adaptation - and to present its preliminary results.Method: The technique includes a vertical (sleeve) gastrectomy,omentectomy and enterectomy maintaining the initial 150-cmportionof the jejunum and the final 150-cm-portion of the ileum.The three first obese patients operated on are described. Results:With a minimum follow-up of 6 months, all patients refer earlysatiety, are free of symptoms and have a BMI
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