LAGB Versus VBG: 7-Year Results
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Morbid ObesityBariatric SurgeryVertical Banded GastroplastyLaparoscopic Adjustable Gastric BandingLong Term Results
- Registration Number
- NCT00840736
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
The study aims to investigate the long term results of a randomized clinical single-centre trial comparing two standard operative techniques in bariatric surgery; laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and vertical banded gastroplasty.
- Detailed Description
One hundred morbidly obese patients were included in the study. Randomization between the two operative techniques was performed using a computer model. Fifty patients were included in both groups. Weight loss, obesity-related comorbidity, long term complications, re-operations and conversions were all prospectively investigated for a mean period of 84 months.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
- BMI of > 40 kg/m2 or > 35 kg/m2 with obesity-related comorbidities
- Failure to achieve sustainable weight loss with proven conservative measures
Exclusion Criteria
- severe psychiatric and / or eating disorders
- unable to keep to a prescribed postoperative diet
- < 18 or > 60 years
- not eligible to bariatric surgery according to a member of the multidisciplinary team (psychologist, dietician, nurse practitioner, general practitioner and surgeon)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method weight loss 84 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method co-morbidity 84 months complications 84 months reoperations / revisions / conversions 84 months Quality of life 84 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Maastricht University Medical Centre
🇳🇱Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Maastricht University Medical Centre🇳🇱Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands