Research Article
Hiatoplasty with Crura Buttressing versus Hiatoplasty Alone during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics.
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| Group B
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| Sex ratio (F : M) | 10 : 2 | 13 : 4 | 1.0000 | Mean age ± SD, years (range) | 46.4 ± 11 (32–65) | 48.4 ± 9.2 (31–63) | 0.5918 | Preoperative BMI ± SD, kg/m2 (range) | 42.1 ± 8.3 (35–61) | 43.5 ± 4.7 (35–51) | 0.5757 | T2DM, n (%) | 6 (50) | 11 (64.7) | 0.4713 | Hypertension, n (%) | 7 (58.3) | 8 (47.05) | 0.7104 | Sleep apnea syndrome, n (%) | 9 (75) | 11 (64.7) | 0.6942 | Mild–moderate, n (%) | 6 (50) | 7 (63.6) | 0.7163 | Severe needing CPAP^, n (%) | 3 (25) | 4 (23.5) | 1.0000 | Previous bariatric surgery, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 1.0000 |
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SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus. ^: continuous positive airway pressure.
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