ArticleObesity surgery2013
Pre-operative weight loss does not predict weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Liraglutide and Weight Loss Among Suboptimal Responders to Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- The Future of Obesity Care: Exploring Synergies Between Metabolic Bariatric Surgery, Interventional Endoscopy and Pharmacotherapy.Obesity surgery · 2026Review
- Prediction of 5-Year Weight Loss and Weight Regain According to Early Weight Loss after Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Changes in Eating Behaviors and Their Associations with Weight Loss in Japanese Patients Who Underwent Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Predictability of first-year weight loss in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band and resolution of the metabolic syndrome and its components.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Observational
- Diagnosis and Management of Oesophageal Cancer in Bariatric Surgical Patients.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2016Article
- A Pre-Hospital Patient Education Program Improves Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2016Article
- Early postoperative weight loss predicts maximal weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.Surgical endoscopy · 2015 · on this mapArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to test the hypothesis that the amount of weight lost on a mandatory 2-week pre-operative very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) would predict the longer-term outcomes of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB).
methodsAll patients treated with a primary LAGB from 21 October 2008 until 30 June 2010, who were prescribed a 2-week pre-operative VLCD, have been included in the study. Patient age, weight, BMI and excess weight (defined as weight above a BMI of 25) were extracted on the day of first visit, day of surgery and at the post-operative visits at 3, 12 and 24 months. From these data, percent excess weight loss (EWL) was calculated and compared at all time points.
resultsThe weight loss achieved on a mandatory 2-week pre-operative diet did not predict weight outcomes at 2 years (r = -0.008; p = 0.931). Using multivariate analysis, the best predictor of 24-month percent EWL was percent EWL at 3 months post operation (sr(2) = 0.34; p = 0.003).
conclusionsResults from a pre-operative diet should not be used to predict the ultimate outcome of bariatric surgery. The weight loss at 3 months following LAGB was a strong predictor of longer-term outcomes. There may be potential for improving longer-term results with LAGB by better supporting patients who are not achieving good weight loss at this early time point.
Indexed as
Identifiers
23636997What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.