Long-term adipocytokine changes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A comparative minireview

Table 1 Database-specific search strategies used for the narrative minireview

Database	Search strategy
PubMed	("bariatric surgery"[Title/Abstract] OR "Roux-en-Y gastric bypass"[Title/Abstract] OR "sleeve gastrectomy"[Title/Abstract]) AND (adipokine*[Title/Abstract] OR adipocytokine*[Title/Abstract] OR leptin[Title/Abstract] OR adiponectin[Title/Abstract] OR resistin[Title/Abstract] OR chemerin[Title/Abstract])
Scopus	TITLE-ABS-KEY("bariatric surgery" OR "Roux-en-Y gastric bypass" OR "sleeve gastrectomy") AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(adipokine* OR adipocytokine* OR leptin OR adiponectin OR resistin OR chemerin)
Web of Science	TS=("bariatric surgery" OR "Roux-en-Y gastric bypass" OR "sleeve gastrectomy") AND TS=(adipokine* OR adipocytokine* OR leptin OR adiponectin OR resistin OR chemerin)
EMBASE	('bariatric surgery':ti,ab,kw OR 'Roux-en-Y gastric bypass':ti,ab,kw OR 'sleeve gastrectomy':ti,ab,kw) AND (adipokine*:ti,ab,kw OR adipocytokine*:ti,ab,kw OR leptin:ti,ab,kw OR adiponectin:ti,ab,kw OR resistin:ti,ab,kw OR chemerin:ti,ab,kw)
Cochrane Library	("bariatric surgery" OR "Roux-en-Y gastric bypass" OR "sleeve gastrectomy"):ti,ab,kw AND (adipokine* OR adipocytokine* OR leptin OR adiponectin OR resistin OR chemerin):ti,ab,kw

Search limits: Database inception through June 2026; English-language full text. No study-design filter was applied at the search stage. RYGB: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; LSG: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.