The purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of laparoscopic internal gastric banding as a treatment for morbid obesity in comparison to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
In this study 190 morbidly obese patients will be included and will randomly assign into 2 groups, group 1 will be operated by laparoscopic internal gastric banding and group 2 by laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the patients will be followed up for 1 year to evaluate the effectiveness and drawbacks of laparoscopic internal gastric banding in comparison to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the investigators preparing to submit our study protocol to our institution ethical committee for approval to start the study
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
150
Laparoscopic internal gastric banding
laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Faculty of medicine
Minya, Egypt
Minia university hospital
Minya, Egypt
safety of the technique
the incidence of introperative and early postoperative complications
Time frame: 4 weeks
operative time
the operative time from skin to skin
Time frame: 12 hours
Hospital stay
Time of hospital stay
Time frame: 30 days
total cost
the total cost of the technique by US dollar and its early complications
Time frame: 16 weeks
Metabolic effect
Effect of the procedure on blood sugar, serum lipid and hypertension
Time frame: 6-12 months
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