1. A morbid obese Japanese woman with a body mass index of 83.2 kg/m2: before and after sleeve gastrectomy.
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Goto M, Inoue K, Tanaka T, Kaneko Y, Goto A, Imai K, Ihana N, Tsujimoto T, Kosuga Y, Seki Y, Kasama K, Yasuda K, Kishimoto M, Takahashi Y, Kajio H, and Noda M
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Obesity, Morbid physiopathology, Treatment Outcome, Asian People, Body Mass Index, Gastrectomy methods, Obesity, Morbid diagnosis, Obesity, Morbid surgery
- Abstract
A 34-year-old Japanese woman presented at our institution weighing 182.7 kg, 148.2 cm tall, and with a body mass index of 83.2 kg/m(2). She had been overweight since childhood, but no abnormality was found to explain her obesity. Treatments, including mazindol, bofu-tsusho-san, dietary restriction, and BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon, did not result in improvement of her obesity. Finally, we performed sleeve gastrectomy, and she has maintained her weight within 130-140 kg without rebounding for 2 and a half years. We followed the clinical changes before and after the operation. This case provides potentially interesting information regarding operative treatment for morbid obesity in Japanese.
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- 2012
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