Outcomes of Laparoscopic Gastric Greater Curvature Plication in Morbidly Obese Patients

Table 2

Comparison of findings of the current study with the literature.

Study		()	EWL%					LOS; (M hrs)	Complication
			1 m	3 m	6 m	12 m	24 m
Current study	26	40.7	20	33.6	42.5	46.5	37.5	93.1	0
Brethauer et al. (2011) [5]	6	43.3	23.3	38.5	49.9	53.4	—	37	16.7%
Atlas et al. (2013) [6]	44	38	30.6 (40 p)	—	57 (24 p)	50.7 (13 p)	—	18	6.8%
Ramos et al. (2010) [7]	42	41	20	32 (33 p)	48 (20 p)	60 (15 p)	—	36	0

Preop BMI; major postop complications; LOS: length of stay; : number of patients; : mean; m: month/s; hrs: hours; p: patients; —: Authors did not undertake this measurement.