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81.5% of patients achieved excess weight loss (EWL) ≥50% and 51.1% achieved EWL ≥70% during follow-up.
Surgeons can expect a significant proportion of patients to achieve substantial weight loss post-surgery.
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During follow-up, 260 (81.5%) and 163 patients (51.1%) achieved EWL≥50% and ≥70%, respectively.
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Based on the prospective cohort study design.
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Long-Term Weight Loss and Comorbidity Resolution of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and the Impact of Preoperative Weight Loss on Overall Outcome
James Lucocq et al. · Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques · 2024
DOI 10.1097/sle.0000000000001313
cohort · n=319Cited 5×
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