Obesity is likely to be the disease of the 21th century. The growth of obesity is worldwide, a pandemic, and has increased globally in the last 30 years. Developed countries were more affected, but developing countries have increasingly contributed to this epidemic as they continue to modernize. The national and global burden of obesity, with its public health and financial implications, is projected to increase markedly in the next two decades. the study aimed to assess the effect of Vit D supplementation on preventing altered levels of calcium, Vit D, and parathormone after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Laparoscopic resection of a part of the stomach to enable the patient to lose weight.
Kafrelsheikh University
Kafr ash Shaykh, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt
Vitamin D level assessment
Assessment of the vitamin D level after sleeve gastrectomy.
Time frame: 1 year
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