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ReviewInternational journal of obesity (2005)2025

Comparative effectiveness of metabolic and bariatric surgeries: a network meta-analysis.

Adnan Malik, Muhammad Imran Malik, Sadia Javaid, Shahbaz Qureshi, Abdul Nadir

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Review in International journal of obesity (2005), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Efficacy and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Adnan MalikMountain Vista Medical Center, Mesa, AZ, USA. Adnanmalik892@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4276-205X
Muhammad Imran MalikAiredale general hospital, West Yorkshire, England.
Sadia JavaidNishtar Hospital Multan, Multan, Pakistan.
Shahbaz QureshiMountain Vista Medical Center, Mesa, AZ, USA.
Abdul NadirMountain Vista Medical Center, Mesa, AZ, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bariatric surgery is recommended for patients with unhealthy weight. Our study aim to compare and rank different bariatric surgical approaches in reducing weight parameters. We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, Scopus, and Web of Science databases from inception to September 2023. We extracted all outcomes as mean change from the baseline. The mean difference and 95% confidence interval were used as a summary measure. All analysis was conducted with R version 4.2.2 (2022-10-31) and R Studio version 2022.07.2 (2009-2022) (RStudio, Inc.). Included surgeries were: Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD-RYGB), Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB), Laparoscopic Gastric Plication (LGP), Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Sleeve (DJBS), Single-anastomosis gastric bypass (SAGB), Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty (LVBG), Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG), Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), Gastric plication, Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD), and Intra-gastric balloon (IGB). Only clinical trials were included, with outcomes focused on weight parameters such as reductions in BMI (kg/m²), weight (kg), waist circumference (cm), fat mass (kg), and excess weight loss (EWL) (%). Our analysis of 67 studies showed that SADI-S was the best surgical technique in decreasing BMI (kg/m2) (MD = -18.06; 95% CI [-25.31; -10.81]) and DS follows in efficacy with a P-score (MD = -18.88; 95% CI [-31.15; -6.62]) however the pooled analysis was heterogeneous (I

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Bariatric SurgeryWeight LossHumansObesityObesity, MorbidTreatment Outcome

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