@article{Patmano_Çetin_Gümüş_Elkan_2020, title={Clinical characteristics and postoperative complications of patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy due to obesity A Single Center Experience}, volume={7}, url={https://medscidiscovery.com/index.php/msd/article/view/443}, DOI={10.36472/msd.v7i12.443}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong>   Obesity, which is considered as a chronic disease today, has become an epidemic problem especially in developed countries. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is currently one of the most common bariatric procedures in obesity treatment. This study aimse aims to present our demographic, clinical, histopathological and postoperative early and late complications of patients who underwent LSG.</p> <p><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> Patients who underwent LSG due to obesity between March 2018 and December 2019 in our clinic were included in the study. The patients’ age, gender, comorbid diseases, preoperative body mass index (BMI) and length of hospital stay, postoperative complications and pathology results were recorded retrospectively.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 278 patients included in the study, 201 (72.3%) were female, 77 (27.6%) were male and the mean age was 36.2 (min: 18-max: 60 years). The mean BMI of the patients was 46.4 (min: 35.2-max: 75.1). The average hospital stay of the patients was 4.2 days (3-13 days). When the early and late complications of the patients are examined; It was observed that 25 (8.9%) patients developed early postoperative complications, and 2 (0.7%) patients developed late postoperative complications.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> LSG is a reliable surgical method with low mortality and morbidity rates. It is important that we do not have mortality and that our morbidity is within acceptable limits. Bariatric surgery is an effective and reliable application in the treatment of obesity and metabolic surgery today, in terms of its results, if the right patient is selected and performed in experienced centers.</p>}, number={12}, journal={Medical Science and Discovery}, author={Patmano, Mehmet and Çetin, Durmuş Ali and Gümüş, Tufan and Elkan, Hasan}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={745–749} }