Bariatric surgery versus medical therapy in Korean obese patients: prospective multicenter nonrandomized controlled trial (KOBESS trial).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to show that bariatric surgery (BS) is more effective than medical therapy (MT) in Asian obese patients.

Methods

In this prospective, multicenter, nonrandomized, controlled trial, obese patients with body mass index of ≥35 kg/m² or 30.0-34.9 kg/m² with obesity-related comorbidities were assigned to undergo BS, such as laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, or MT. Patients who underwent BS were evaluated 4, 12, 24, and 48 weeks after surgery, whereas patients who received MT were monitored at a hospital every 6 weeks for 1 year. At each visit, weight, waist and hip circumference, and blood pressure were measured, and patients underwent physical examination and laboratory testing. Health-related qua

SUBMITTER: Park DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506022 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature