Gastric bypass patients sustain long-term weight loss, comorbidity reduction
Most patients are concerned and wary about the fact that they might gain weight after undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
Based on a published study, the patients that endure their first
bariatric surgery can with stand major weight loss. This study was
conducted on patients suffering this disease overa period of seven years
to testify the condition. Analysts found out that the surgery not only
helped in losing substantial amounts of body weight but kept it off.
The study was conducted by Lead researcher Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH. A total of 2,348 patients were studied at ten different hospitals in the United States of America. This study was deemed to be the first study to compare and measure the weight loss innon-surgery and surgery patients for a long period of time.
About three-fourths of these patients went through the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. 80% of these patients were women with median age of 45. These patients showed the best results in weight loss. The rest of the patients underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. These patients were 76 percent women with median age of 48.
It was found out after seven years of monitoring, that the patients who received Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), on an average 28.4 percent lighter than those who did not have the surgery.An average of 3.9% of these patients regained their weight during the years 3 to 7.
After monitoring the patients who endured laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for seven years, their body weight results showed a loss of 14.9% on an average. An average of 1.4% regained weight during the years 3 to 7 in these patients.
After all the results were calculated, it was found that around 38.2 kgs were shed by the RYGB patients, whereas the LAGB patients lost a median of 18.8 kilograms.
Not only did the study show that gastric bypass patients were able to sustain long-term weight loss, but it also revealed that this group of patients were able to withstand constitutionalism during the span of the study. Comorbidity is the presence of a medical condition simultaneously occurring with another medical ailment. However, certain researchers do not agree that this comparison of is a fair one as the study was a non randomized control study. This type of study deals with participants choosing their own groups. They are not allocated to a treatment group by the researchers.
The study was conducted by Lead researcher Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH. A total of 2,348 patients were studied at ten different hospitals in the United States of America. This study was deemed to be the first study to compare and measure the weight loss innon-surgery and surgery patients for a long period of time.
About three-fourths of these patients went through the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. 80% of these patients were women with median age of 45. These patients showed the best results in weight loss. The rest of the patients underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. These patients were 76 percent women with median age of 48.
It was found out after seven years of monitoring, that the patients who received Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), on an average 28.4 percent lighter than those who did not have the surgery.An average of 3.9% of these patients regained their weight during the years 3 to 7.
After monitoring the patients who endured laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for seven years, their body weight results showed a loss of 14.9% on an average. An average of 1.4% regained weight during the years 3 to 7 in these patients.
After all the results were calculated, it was found that around 38.2 kgs were shed by the RYGB patients, whereas the LAGB patients lost a median of 18.8 kilograms.
Not only did the study show that gastric bypass patients were able to sustain long-term weight loss, but it also revealed that this group of patients were able to withstand constitutionalism during the span of the study. Comorbidity is the presence of a medical condition simultaneously occurring with another medical ailment. However, certain researchers do not agree that this comparison of is a fair one as the study was a non randomized control study. This type of study deals with participants choosing their own groups. They are not allocated to a treatment group by the researchers.
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