title: Study of the clinical and histopathological repercussions of the "omental band" in dogs' stomach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of the "omental band" as a bariatric surgical technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 35 dogs was studied. The Test Group was composed by 20 dogs. Of these, six were observed by 10 days, six were observed by 20 days and eight were observed by 30 days of post-operatory. The Control Group was composed by 15 dogs. Of these, five were observed by 10 days, five were observed by 20 days and five were observed by 30 days of post-operatory. The weight loose was the variable utilized to the evaluation of the efficacy of the surgical technique described in this study, once all of the dogs were weighted in precision balance before the surgical act and at the end of the post-operatory observation period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the study it was observed that the weight loose of the dogs submitted to the "omental band's" surgical technique was meaningfully higher in comparison with the dogs of the Control Group at the end of the post-operatory observation period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The surgical technique of the "omental band" showed effective in dogs, once has proposed a meaningfully weight loose.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sávio Lana
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.affiliation: FCMMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Torres
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: FCMMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cléber Stockler Ribeiro
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bráulio
authors.affiliation: FCMMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina Paranhos
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Jalles
authors.affiliation: FCMMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Matos Serretti
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: FCMMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro Sérgio Cascimiro Nicolau do
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Carmo
authors.affiliation: FCMMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza Lopes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Camargos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008488:Medical Illustration; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D015431:Weight Loss