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Preoperative weight loss significantly improves long-term weight loss outcomes.
Encouraging preoperative weight loss may enhance surgical outcomes for patients.
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Preoperative weight loss improves long-term weight loss.
Why this rating
Based on the prospective cohort study design.
Source
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
cohort · n=319Cited 5×
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