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Do Adult Obese Patients Who Undergo Sleeve Gastrectomy Have A Greater Increase In Quality Of Life Compared To Those Who Undergo Gastric Bypass?, Jenna Loeser
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not obese patients have a better quality of life after undergoing gastric bypass rather than sleeve gastrectomy.
STUDY DESIGN: A review of 3 randomized controlled trials (RCT) that were published after 2014.
DATA SOURCES: The 3 peer-reviewed randomized controlled trials were found through PubMed. All studies were published in English.
OUTCOMES MEASURED: The outcome measured in these RCTs was overall change in quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass. This was done by patients responding to questionnaires. Two articles Ignat et al. and Peterli et …