Weight Loss and Aggression

Launched by FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL · Dec 8, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Fifty patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy due to morbid obesity in Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital General Surgery Clinic will be included in the study. The number of samples was calculated by performing impact power analysis. Informed consent form and voluntary consent form will be obtained from all patients.

One month before the surgery, the patients will be weighed and their body mass indexes will be calculated. On the same day, patients will have to fill out the Buss-Perry Aggression Scale questionnaire. LSG operation will be applied to all patient...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 18 years and older and younger than 64 years old.
• • At least 5 years of morbid obesity (BMI \>40 or \>35 comorbidity)
• • Patients with temporary or inadequate response (less than 10% of body weight will be considered insufficient) weight loss despite diet for at least 6 months before the operation under the guidance of a dietitian.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Past upper gastrointestinal surgery,
• • Paraesophageal (type 2), mixed (type 3), or sliding hiatal hernias of 3 cm or more,
• • Patients with esophagitis and/or Barrett's metaplasia in upper gastrointestinal system (GIS) endoscopy
• • Those with peripheral vascular disease Those with a history of cerebrovascular accident
• • Patients with coagulopathy
• • History of chronic analgesic use
• • Patients with perioperative complications
• • Patients with a previous psychiatric diagnosis other than depression
• • Patients who lost less than 10% of their initial weight at the 6th month after the operation
• • patients with chronic alcohol use
• • patients with recent psychological trauma
• • low-income patients