Abstract
A 39-year-old male with morbid obesity (138 kg) and a body mass index of 43.5 kg/m2 was scheduled for sleeve gastrectomy at the surgical department of the authors’ institution. The patient had been suffering from hypertension (1 year) and type 2 DM for a long time (8 years). The patient’s blood sugar was controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs. The patient did not express any clinical signs of delayed gastric emptying nor was the patient objectively tested for gastroparesis. After careful...
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 707-710 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 27 Oct 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2016 |
Keywords
- Delayed gastric emptying
- Diabetes mellitus
- Gastroparesis
- Sleeve gastrectomy