Trial reportObesity surgery2015
Randomized double-blinded trial of laparoscopic gastric imbrication v laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at a single Indian institution.
Trial report in Obesity surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- EAES rapid guideline: systematic review, network meta-analysis, CINeMA and GRADE assessment, and European consensus on bariatric surgery-extension 2022.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Guideline
- Comparison Between Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication Treatments for Obesity: an Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication for the Treatment of Obesity: a Systematic Review.Obesity surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Midterm Outcome of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Asians: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Ongoing Inconsistencies in Weight Loss Reporting Following Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review.Obesity surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Treatments for Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Short- and Mid-Term Results.Obesity surgery · 2018Pooled it
- Laparoscopic Gastric Plication versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: An Up-to-Date Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of obesity · 2018Pooled it
- Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2015Pooled it
- Surgery for weight loss in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of metabolic and bariatric surgeries: a network meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Review
- Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Critical Appraisal of the Role of Gastric Plication in Bariatric Surgery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Case-Matched Control Study.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Interplay between the Adaptive Immune System and Insulin Resistance in Weight Loss Induced by Bariatric Surgery.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Review
- Weight Loss Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band with Plication: a Single Center Experience of 66 Patients with 18-Month Follow-Up.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Criteria for Inclusion of Newer Bariatric and Metabolic Procedures into the Mainstream: a Survey of 396 Bariatric Surgeons.Obesity surgery · 2017Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundCurrently, there is a debate whether the laparoscopic gastric imbrication (LGI) offers similar weight loss when compared to the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). On the surface, they seem to offer similar-sized stomachs after the procedures are performed. We chose to perform a randomized double-blinded trial to see if similar-sized pouches result in similar types of weight loss. Our belief was that sleeve gastrectomy would offer at least a 10% better weight loss over a 3-year period.
methodsThirty patients were randomized to one of two arms. The patients and the third party administrator following the patients were blinded as to which procedure was chosen. The surgeon had full knowledge of the patients' surgery throughout the treatment. The decision of which arm to place them was made by a single employee of the third party administrator and not shared with the employees following the patients. Patients were then followed for 3 years.
resultsThere were no differences in weight, age, or BMI preoperatively. There were no differences between the two groups at any follow-up time point from 6 months to 3 years. Follow-up was 100%.
conclusionDue to the large standard deviations present in both groups, there was no statistical difference between either of the groups in terms of weight loss.
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