| Literature DB >> 25594659 |
Evangelos Menenakos1, Georgia Doulami, Irene P Tzanetakou, Maria Natoudi, Nikolaos Kokoroskos, Konstantinos Almpanopoulos, Emmanouil Leandros, George Zografos, Dimitrios Theodorou.
Abstract
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) effectively reduces weight by restricting gastric capacity and altering gut hormones levels. We designed a prospective study to investigate the correlation of serum uric acid (SUA) concentration and weight loss. SUA and body mass index (BMI) were measured preoperatively and on first postoperative month and year in patients who underwent LSG in our department of bariatric surgery. Data on 55 patients were analyzed. Preoperative SUA concentration had a significant positive correlation with percentage of total weight loss (TWL) on first postoperative month (P = 0.001) and year (P = 0.002). SUA concentration on first postoperative month had a positive correlation with percentage of TWL on first postoperative year (P = 0.004). SUA concentration could be used as a predictor of LSG's success and could help in early detection of patients with rapid loss of weight, in order to prevent complications.Entities:
Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Metabolic syndrome; Uric acid; Weight loss
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25594659 PMCID： PMC4301285 DOI： 10.9738/INTSURG-D-13-00186.1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Surg ISSN： 0020-8868