Mahmud Abu-Gazala

3. Results A total of 52 female patients with BMD and TBS measurements were available for analysis. Of those, 42 patients had TBS measurements prior to surgery, 48 at 1 year post-surgery and 31 at 2 years post-surgery. The clinical and anthropometric characteristics of the cohort are presented in Table 1. The LS BMD measurements based on the WHO classification, as well as the TBS results and changes from baseline to 1 and 2 years after SG, are presented in Table 2.