Changes in Sex Hormones After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Chinese Obese Men: a 12-Month Follow-Up

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 869 - 877
• Main Authors: Zhu, Cuiling, Zhang, Yi, Zhang, Ling, Gao, Jingyang, Mei, Fangyun, Zhu, Bing, Lu, Liesheng, Zhou, Donglei, Qu, Shen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bariatric Surgery; Body mass index; China; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrectomy - statistics & numerical data; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - blood; Hormones; Humans; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolism; Obesity - blood; Obesity - surgery; Original Contributions; Surgery; Uric Acid - blood; China; Obesity; Sex hormone-binding globulin; Uric acid; Total testosterone; Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Background To examine changes in sex hormones after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in Chinese obese male patients and their correlation with metabolic parameters including serum uric acid (SUA) Methods A total of 56 obese men with body mass index (BMI) 41.9 ± 5.8 kg/m 2 undergoing LSG were se...