Authors: Ekaterina Tiktinsky Leonid Lantsberg Sophie Lantsberg Solly Mizrahi Svetlana Agranotvich Michael Friger Boris Kirshtein
Publish Date: 2009/06/05
Volume: 19, Issue: 9, Pages: 1270-1273
Abstract
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding LAGB has been popularized as an effective safe minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of morbid obesity We performed a pilot study to evaluate gastric emptying of semisolid meals and antral motility following LAGBThere was no difference in mean age between groups Women were prevalent in the group of obese patients BMI was higher in patients before surgery p 0001 Patients following LAGB demonstrated prolonged gastric pouch emptying T1/2 = 366 ± 98 min compared to subjects without surgery 238 ± 47 min and healthy volunteers 228 ± 68 min p 0001 Similar gastric contractility was found all groups 33 ± 04 p = 0968 No cases of band slippage or pouch dilatation were observed during mean followup of 114 monthsA standard normal gastric pouch emptying rate of semisolids in asymptomatic patients after LAGB was established Postoperative prolongation of gastric emptying is a matter of mechanical delay without gastric pouch denervation This study provides a first step of future functional evaluation of complications following this type of bariatric surgery
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