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Secondary objectives were to evaluate the resolution of obesity-related comorbidities and weight loss success.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We included patients who underwent LSG for body mass index (BMI) \u226530 kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      between August 2016 and April 2017 and completed the Moorehead-Ardelt QoL Questionnaire II (MA II). Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS IBM Statistics for Windows version 21.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 64 patients participated with a female majority (73.44%) and a mean age of 36.09 with an average BMI at 40.47. Percentage of excess BMI loss and excess weight loss (% EWL) at one and 5 years after surgery went from 90.18% to 85.05% and 72.17% to 67.09%, respectively. The total MA II score before LSG was \u2212 0.39 \u00b1 0.94. Postoperatively, it increased to 1.73 \u00b1 0.60 at 1 year and 1.95 \u00b1 0.67 at 5 years. The positive impact of LSG on QoL was more significant in patients presenting \u226530% of weight loss and in females. 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