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Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency After Bariatric Surgery

NCT03279653 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2017-09-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Main proposed benefit of sleeve gastrectomy is loss of ghrelin secreting tissue. Some studies express that ghrelin augment pancreatic regeneration. Therefore we hypothesized that with sleeve gastrectomy it may result with pancreatic insufficiency.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Pancreatic Insufficiency

Interventions

PROCEDURE

SleeveGastrectomy

Preoperative enzyme test before and after sleeve gastrectomy. Sleeve Gastrectomy will be performed. Preoperative (in one month) and Postoperative (after 3 months) pancreatic enzyme sufficiency (with steatocrit or fecal elastase) will be compared.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Umraniye Education and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Fatih Basak, MD · University of Health Science, Umraniye Education and Research Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-01
Completion
2018-12-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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