John Morton
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Is there a benefit to preoperative weight loss in gastric bypass patients? A prospective randomized trial.
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2007 Mar-Apr; (2): 141-5; discussion 145-6
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is the leading surgical treatment of morbid obesity in the United States. The role of preoperative weight loss in gastric bypass surgery remains controversial. We performed a prospective randomized trial to determine whether preoperative weight loss results in better outcomes after laparoscopic gastric bypass.
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