Sleep apnea syndrome in the morbidly obese undergoing bariatric surgery

I Charuzi; D Fraser; J Peiser; A Ovnat; P Lavie

Sleep apnea syndrome in the morbidly obese undergoing bariatric surgery

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1987 Sep;16(3):517-9.

Authors

I Charuzi¹, D Fraser, J Peiser, A Ovnat, P Lavie

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery C, Soraka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

PMID: 3436659

Abstract

This article suggests that bariatric surgery is the treatment of choice for morbidly obese patients with sleep apnea. All patients lost considerable weight and demonstrated a dramatic symptomatic improvement verified by objective sleep laboratory recordings.

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Weight
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / complications*
Obesity, Morbid / therapy
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / complications*
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / therapy
Stomach / surgery*