1. Assessment of Carotid Artery Distensibility and Elasticity After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Prospective Study
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Aylin Gunesli, Hakan Yabanoglu, Cihan Altin, Esin Gezmis, Varlık Erol, and Mustafa Yılmaz
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Carotid arteries ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Body Mass Index ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Weight loss ,Gastrectomy ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Elasticity (economics) ,Prospective cohort study ,Carotid artery distensibility ,Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Elasticity ,Obesity, Morbid ,Cardiology ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Surgery ,Laparoscopy ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Body mass index - Abstract
Although it is well known that obesity increases the risk of atherosclerosis in carotid arteries, it is not clear whether this risk changes after obesity surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate whether weight reduction with a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has any effect on distensibility and elasticity which show subclinical atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries of obese individuals. This prospective study included 130 patients (body mass index (BMI) 48.21 ± 6.97 kg/m2) who underwent LSG. The patients were followed up for 1 year. Comparisons were made of the distensibiliy and elasticity values calculated preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, postoperatively. There was a statistically significant increase in distensibility and elasticity values from baseline to 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively (p
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- 2020