Complicaciones del bypass gástrico convencional y laparoscópico. Estudio prospectivo y comparativo / [Complications of conventional and laparoscopic gastric bypass. Prospective and comparative study].

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Roux-en-y gastric bypass for the management of morbid obesity is currently the safest and more efficient treatment option. the laparoscopic era has shown its benefits in this type of surgery, so some authors advocate its implementation in a practical systematic way. all of which has lead in recent years to the unavoidable change in the surgical approach. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate and compare the complications of laparoscopic gastric bypass and the conventional one in patients with morbid obesity. Application site self-administration national university hospital. DESIGN: Comparative, prospective no randomized study. POPULATION Between 2002 and 2011, 420 morbidly obese patients received surgical treatment for the obesity either open (167) or laparoscopic (253) surgery RESULTS: Early postoperative complication rate was 4