Impact of Biliopancreatic Limb Lenght on Long-term Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Hospital General Universitario Elche506 enrolled

Overview

Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: those patients undergoing RYGB with a BPL of 70cm and those ones undergoing RYGB with a BPL of 120 cm. Excess BMI loss 5 years after surgery was investigated

Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: those patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a biliopancreatic limb of 70cm and those ones undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a biliopancreatic limb of 120 cm. Alimentary limb was constant in both groups (150cm). Excess BMI loss 5 years after surgery was investigated

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

506

Conditions

Weight Loss

Interventions

BP limb 70cmPROCEDURE

Performance of RYGB with a BP limb of 70cm

BP limb 120cmPROCEDURE

Performance of RYGB with a BP limb of 120cm

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * BMI \>40 Kg/m2 * BMI \> 35 Kg/m2 with the presence of comorbidities associated to obesity * Age older than 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing other bariatric techniques than RYGB * Patients undergoing RYGB with different BPL or AL lengths than that reported for this study * Any other surgical procedure added to the bariatric surgery * Impossibility to comply with pre-established clinical follow-up.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Weight loss

Weight loss was evaluated

Time frame: 5 years after surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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