%0 Journal Article
%T Role of Hunger Hormone ˇ°Ghrelinˇ± in Long-Term Weight Loss Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
%A Ashish Ahuja
%A Manoj Thillai
%A Navpreet Aulakh
%A Prabhdeep Singh Nain
%A Preetika Khurana
%A Pulkit Sethi
%J Archive of "Nigerian Journal of Surgery : Official Publication of the Nigerian Surgical Research Society".
%D 2018
%R 10.4103/njs.NJS_24_17
%X Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has become a popular weight loss technique in morbidly obese patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the changes in plasma ghrelin levels in relation to weight loss following LSG and to study the efficacy of LSG in terms of long-term glycemic control and resolution of diabetes
%K Ghrelin
%K laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
%K morbid obesity surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6158981/