Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular(CV) risk factors and mortality and the CV risk factors are known to reduce following bariatric surgery. The aim of this analysis was to determine the effect of bariatric surgery on CV risk factors and CV risk score.Method: A prospective analytical study of the first 15 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy procedure from 2009 to 2011 in Colombo. B...