Considering the Role of the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band: Do Not Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater.

What it found

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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

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Adjustable gastric band surgery or medical management in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity: three-year results of a randomized trial.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2019
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2. Resource utilization and disaggregated cost analysis of bariatric surgery in the Australian public healthcare system.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2022
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3. Long-Term Inpatient Hospital Utilisation and Costs (2007-2008 to 2015-2016) for Publicly Waitlisted Bariatric Surgery Patients in an Australian Public Hospital System Based on Australia's Activity-Based Funding Model.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2019
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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Reoperation and Medicare Expenditures After Laparoscopic Gastric Band Surgery.2017

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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