Luger, Maria
Kruschitz, Renate
Winzer, Eva http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-8517
Schindler, Karin
Grabovac, Igor
Kainberger, Franz
Krebs, Michael
Hoppichler, Friedrich
Langer, Felix
Prager, Gerhard
Marculescu, Rodrig
Ludvik, Bernhard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW GZ 10.470/0016-II/3/2013)
Special Institute for Preventive Cardiology And Nutrition
Article History
First Online: 2 July 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: This study was approved by the local Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Vienna (No. 1899/2013), by the Austrian Competent Authority (No. LCM-718280-0001), registered at ExternalRef removed (Identifier: NCT02092376) and EudraCT (Identifier: 2013-003546-16), complies with the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed], and conducted from April 2014 to June 2016 at the Medical University of Vienna (Austria). The study participants were scheduled for OAGB surgery and all of them gave written, informed consent preoperatively.
: All authors have no commercial associations that might be a conflict of interest in relation to this article.