BACKGROUND/AIMS: Surgical gastric banding procedures induce considerable and rapid weight losses in @entity28 subjects. Nevertheless changes in lean mass and body fluids following these surgical treatments are not well known. METHODS: We studied 6 @entity28 @entity1 aged 38-42 years, before, and 8 and 24 weeks after laparoscopic adjustable @entity1346 gastric banding (LAP-BAND(TM)). @entity1386 ( @entity1386 ) and fat mass (FM) were investigated using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), while total body water (TBW) and extracellular water (ECW) were assessed by dilution methods. RESULTS: The subjects showed a total @entity353 of 16% of initial weight; the weight reduction was greater during the first 8 weeks. @entity1386 decrease after 24 weeks was very limited and represented only 14% of the @entity353 . The mean @entity1386 changes per week were similar in the two periods of observation (0-8 and 8-24 weeks after LAP-BAND). TBW showed a global reduction of 2.2 +/- 1.8 litres mainly due to a decline in intracellular water (ICW), while ECW remained constant during @entity353 . As a consequence, the ECW/ICW ratio increased after LAP-BAND. CONCLUSION: LAP-BAND seems to achieve satisfactory weight losses while sparing @entity1386 and causing only mild body fluid alterations.

Changes in fluid compartments and body composition in XXXX @entity1 after @entity353 induced by gastric banding.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity353 :: ('MESH:D015431', 'Disease') :: ['weight loss'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese'] @entity1346 :: ('MESH:D012828', 'Chemical') :: ['silicone'] @entity1386 :: ('MESH:D018205', 'Disease') :: ['FFM', 'Fat-free mass']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['obese']
