Two or Six cm From Pylorus at Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Mansoura University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Morbid Obesity

Treatments: Procedure: distance of dissection of gastrocolic ligament from pylorus

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01784510

3696

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized controlled trial comparing between two technique of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for treatment of morbid obesity. In the first technique the investigators started dissection of gastrocolic ligament 6 cm from pylorus and in the second one the distance was only 2 cm. The main primary outcome measure was weight loss.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• morbid obesity with body mass index more than 40 or 35 with at least one comorbidity

Exclusion criteria

• extreme of age less than 18 or over 65 years contraindications to laparoscopy

Trial design

73 participants in 2 patient groups

2 cm

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: distance of dissection of gastrocolic ligament from pylorus

6 cm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: distance of dissection of gastrocolic ligament from pylorus