Table 2 Reported metabolic outcomes and complications.

From: Length of biliopancreatic limb in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and its impact on post-operative outcomes in metabolic and obesity surgery—systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

Participants (n)

Remission/improvement in type 2 diabetes mellitusa (%)

Remission/improvement in hypertension (%)

Remission/improvement in dyslipidaemia (%)

Complication Incidence (%)

Short Limb

Long Limb

Short Limb

Long Limb

Short Limb

Long Limb

Short Limb

Long Limb

Short Limb

Long Limb

Brolin et al.

22

23

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Inabnet et al.

25

23

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

13/25 (52.0%)

13/23 (56.5%)

Pinheiro et al.

57

48

54/55 (98.2%)

43/45 (95.6%)

13/26 (50.0%)

13/21 (63.0%)

30/52 (57.7%)

29/41 (70.7%)

NR

NR

Nergaard et al.

93

94

12/17 (70.6%)

17/22 (77.3%)

22/31 (71.0%)

17/28 (60.7%)

NR

NR

NR

NR

Valezi et al.

49

45

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Homan et al.

74

72

21/22 (95.5%)

22/22 (100.0%)

19/24 (79.2%)

26/33 (78.8%)

50/60 (83.3%)

53/58 (91.4%)

29/74 (39.2%)

27/72 (37.5%)

Boerboom et al.

72

72

11/15 (73.3%)

6/9 (66.7%)

9/18 (50.0%)

10/24 (37.5%)

8/13 (61.5%)

4/7 (57.1%)

28/72 (38.9%)

29/72 (40.3%)

Ruiz Tovar et al.

253

253

30/90 (33.3%)

30/85 (35.3%)

40/120 (33.3%)

42/112 (37.5%)

39/82 (47.6%)

41/80 (51.2%)

NR

NR

Miras et al.

27

26

16/26 (61.5%)

20/26 (76.9%)

NR

NR

NR

NR

18/27 (66.7%)

23/26 (88.5%)

Nergård et al.

74

66

13/15 (86.7%)

15/15 (100.0%)

12/23 (52.2%)

14/19 (73.7%)

NR

NR

7/74 (9.46%)

12/66 (18.2%)

Overallb

746

722

73.3%

77.3%

51.1%

60.7%

59.6%

63.9%

39.2%

40.3%

  1. NR not reported.
  2. aAt longest reported follow-up.
  3. bOverall values are presented as medians.