Research Article

Hiatoplasty with Crura Buttressing versus Hiatoplasty Alone during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Group A
Group B
value

Sex ratio (F : M)10 : 213 : 41.0000
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 (%)001.0000

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus. ^: continuous positive airway pressure.