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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – a Retrospective Review of 250 Cases
Goulart, André; Branco, Cláudio; Manso, Fernando; Pereira, Maria; Fernandes, Aline; Carvalho, Diana; Leão, Pedro; Maia da Costa, JoséIntroduction: Vertical calibrated gastrectomy, usually know as “gastric sleeve” (SG) by laparoscopy, is a promising technique for the surgical treatment of obesity. In this study, we present the results of our surgical center with this surgical procedure, compared them with other published studies and analyzed its impact on weight loss evolution. Material and methods: Observational retrospective stud...
Doctor, how much weight will I lose? - a new individualized predictive model fo...
Goulart, André; Leão, Pedro; Costa, Patrício Soares; Pereira, Maria; Fernandes, Aline; Manso, Fernando; Costa, José Maia daBariatric surgery is an effective treatment for weight loss, but the patient’s ability to reach a sustained weight loss depends upon several technical and individual factors. Creating an easy model that adapts bariatric surgery’s weight loss goals for each patient is very important for pre-surgery and follow-up evaluations.