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Comparative study between sleeve gastrectomy with cruroplasty and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in morbid obese patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease

Samir Zohdy Moussa, K. Sabry, S. Maaty, Ahmed M. Farrag

International Journal of Health Sciences, 2022

50 participants

Abstract

Background: Obesity is a worldwide pandemic and one of the most serious public health issues and causes a lot of complications to obese patients as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Bariatric surgery proves more effectiveness for morbid obese patients to lose weight and is demonstrated to include significant and long term remission of obesity related comorbidities. Methods: This a controlled clinical trial study involved 50 patients, who are diagnosed as a morbidly obese patients with GERD grade(A) and (B) by endoscopy according to their BMI (>40) or >35 with one or two of obesity related co-morbidities such as diabetes mellitus. Patients were divided into 2 groups, group (A) (25 patients) underwent LSG with cruroplasty, and group (B) (25 patients) underwent LRYGB. Results: There was no statistically significant difference found between the two studied groups regarding EBW loss percentage at 1 month while there was statistically significant increase in the EBW loss percentage at 3 months, 6 months and at 1 year in LRYGB group than LSG with cururoplasty group.

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