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Argon Plasma Effect about Anastomosis was Significant to Inhibit the Weight Regained in Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass
| Larissa Moraes De Souza1, Luiz Gustavo de Quadros1,2, Roberto Luiz Kaiser Junior2, Josemberg Marins Campos3, Idiberto José Zotarelli Filho2,3,4*, Fernando Tadeu Vannucci Coimbra1, Rodrigo Tadeu Rodrigo Silvestre1 and Mário Flamini Júnior2 |
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| 1Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital, Bariatric Surgery and Endoscopy Department, São Jose do Rio Preto SP, Brazil | |
| 2Kaiser Clinic and Hospital, São José do Rio Preto SP, Brazil | |
| 3Federal University of Pernambuco, Bariatric Surgery Department, Pernambuco PE, Brazil | |
| 4State University of Sao Paulo-Ibilce-Unesp, Rua Cristovao Colombo 2265, Sao Jose do Rio Preto SP, Brazil | |
| Corresponding Author : | Prof. Dr. Idiberto Jose Zotarelli Filho University of Sao Paulo-IBILCE-UNESP Rua Cristovao Colombo 2265, Sao Jose do Rio Preto SP, Brazil Tel: 55(17)-98166-6537 E-mail: m.zotarelli@gmail.com |
| Received April 17, 2015; Accepted May 14, 2015; Published June 05, 2015 | |
| Citation: De Souza LM, de Quadros LG, Kaiser RL, Campos JM, Zotarelli IJ, et al. (2015) Argon Plasma Effect about Anastomosis was Significant to Inhibit the Weight Regained in Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass. J Obes Weight Loss Ther 5:264. doi:10.4172/2165-7904.1000264 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 De Souza LM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
About 40% of the population is overweight. It is estimated that there are about 80,000 deaths per year in Brazil for reasons arising from obesity. Bariatric surgery has been the most effective method for the treatment and prevention of complications caused by morbid obesity. The gastric bypass has shown good short term results in significant reduction of body weight. However, in the long run about 10 to 20% of patients tend to weight regained. This number seems to be relatively low; the reality is significantly higher when surgery is not accompanied by a long-term change in lifestyle. Thus, it was hypothesized that by applying argon plasma on the anastomosis, the weight regained is avoided. The aim of this work was to study the effect of argon plasma fulguration in the weight regained in patients undergoing gastric bypass. Of the 37 patients who underwent gastric bypass 24(75%) were female and 8(25%) were male. Considering the gastric bypass, the mean preoperative weight was 117.61 Kg. After the average weight surgery was 79.94 Kg. The mean difference of pre and post-operative weight was 37.66 kg, the difference being significant (p<0.0001). Regarding the use of argon, the average pre intervention weight was 94.52. The average difference pre and post intervention was 5.87 kg, with statistically significant (p<0.0001). There was a significant correlation between use of the ring and smaller diameter of the anastomosis at the third session (p=0.019). The average size of the pouch was 5. There was no statistical correlation between size of the pouch and efficacy of argon use. It was concluded that after application of argon was no significant reduction in the average weight of the patients, about 50% of patients, especially female.
