Trial reportSurgical endoscopy2016
Randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic greater curvature plication versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Trial report in Surgical endoscopy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- SICOB Italian clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of obesity and associated diseases using GRADE methodology on bariatric and metabolic surgery.Updates in surgery · 2025Guideline
- 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
- Endoscopic Gastric Plication for Morbid Obesity: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Published Data over Time.Obesity surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Comparative Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.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
- Predictive Value of Gut Peptides in T2D Remission: Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Metabolic Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Greater Curvature Plication.Obesity surgery · 2017Trial
- Based on Propensity Matching Scores: Comparison of the Mid-term Outcomes of Two Bariatric Surgeries for the Treatment of Obesity and its Complications.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Comparative effectiveness of metabolic and bariatric surgeries: a network meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Review
- Bariatric Surgery for Patients with Overweight/Obesity. A Comprehensive Grading Methodology and Network Metanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Weight Loss Outcomes and Adverse Events.Obesity surgery · 2023Review
- Fragility of statistically significant outcomes in randomized trials comparing bariatric surgeries.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Review
- Plasma ghrelin, adiponectin and leptin levels in obese rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus after sleeve gastrectomy and gastric plication.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Article
- How Bad Is "Bad"? A Cost Consideration and Review of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication Versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2021Review
- Clinical practice guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) on bariatric surgery: update 2020 endorsed by IFSO-EC, EASO and ESPCOP.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Robot-Assisted Revisional Surgery of Gastric Greater Curvature Plication to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Case-Matched Control Study.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Weight Management in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity.Current diabetes reports · 2017Review
- Innovative solutions in bariatric surgery.Gland surgery · 2016Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopic greater curvature plication (LGCP) is a new restrictive bariatric procedure, which has a similar restrictive mechanism like laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) without potential risk of leak. Aim of the study was to compare 2-year outcomes of LSG and LGCP.
methodsMulticenter prospective randomized trial was started in 2010. A total of 54 patients with morbid obesity were allocated either to LGCP group (n = 25) or LSG group (n = 27). Main exclusion criteria were: ASA > III, age > 75 and BMI > 65 kg/m(2). There were 40 women and 12 men, and the mean age was 42.6 ± 6.8 years (range 35-62). Data on the operation time, complications, hospital stay, body mass index loss, percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), loss of appetite and improvement in comorbidities were collected during the follow-up examinations.
resultsAll procedures were completed laparoscopically. The mean operative time was 92.0 ± 15 min for LSG and 73 ± 19 min for LGCP (p > 0.05). The mean hospital stay was 4.0 ± 1.9 days in the LSG group and 3.8 ± 1.7 days in LGCP group (p > 0.05). One year after surgery, the mean %EWL was 59.5 ± 15.4 % in LSG group and 45.8 ± 17 % in LGCP group (p > 0.05). After 2 years, mean %EWL was 78.9 ± 20 % in the LSG group and 42.4 ± 18 % in the LGCP group (p < 0.01). After 3 years, mean %EWL was 72.8 ± 22 in the LSG group and only 20.5 ± 23.9 in the LGCP group (p < 0.01). Loss of feeling of hunger after 2 years was 25 % in LGCP group and 76.9 % in the LSG group (p < 0.05). The comorbidities including diabetes, sleep apnea and hypertension were markedly improved in the both groups after surgery.
conclusionThe short-term outcomes demonstrated equal effectiveness of the both procedures, but 2-year follow-up showed that LGCP is worse than LSG as a restrictive procedure for weight loss.
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