title: [Initial outcome of vertical gastroplasty in treatment of morbid obesity].
abstract: The VBG enables a significant weight loss from an initial weight of 138.9 kg (mean value, n = 387) to 87.3 kg after 36 months. BMI is reduced from 48.9 to 30.8 kg/m2. Even the pathological metabolic disorders are improved like the rate of metabolic syndrome (8.4% to 2.2%). The postoperative complication rate is low with a letality of 0.26% or a thrombosis rate of 1,03%. The relative high rate of patients with ineffective weight loss (30-40%) should not lead to the consequence to stop the procedure, but to improve the pre-operative screening.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Dominikus-Krankenhaus Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Husemann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Reiners
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Erste Ergebnisse nach vertikaler Gastroplastik zur Behandlung der extremen Adipositas.