Hiatoplasty with Crura Buttressing versus Hiatoplasty Alone during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Table 4

Mean follow-up, pre- and postoperative BMI, and %EBMIL for each group.

	Group A	Group B	value
Mean follow-up ± SD, months (range)	33.2 ± 16.3 (14–72)	18.1 ± 11.3 (1–38)	0.0066
Postoperative BMI ± SD, kg/m^2 (range)	29.7 ± 4.1 (22–36)	32.8 ± 3.2 (26–40)	0.0317
%EBMIL ± SD (range)	74.1 ± 23.1 (39–118)	57.8 ± 15.7 (31–88)	0.0315

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; EBMIL: excess body mass index loss. Statistically significant differences in bold.