Review Article

Laparoscopic Gastric Plication versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: An Up-to-Date Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Study characteristics.

IDAuthorCountryType of studyCentreYearGroupSampleGender (M/F)AgeBMIFollow-up

25066442Abdelbaki et al. [38]EgyptRetrospectiveSingle centre2015LSG7821 (27%)/57 (73%)31.77 (9.2)48.27 (6.9)12 months
LGP6212 (19%)/50 (81%)34.45 (10.7)41.62 (7.1)

0.4103/1110-1121.153370Abouzeid and Taha [40]EgyptRCTMulticentre2015LSG257 (28%)/18 (72%)34.8 (11.3)46.8 (3.7)24 months
LGP259 (36%)/16 (64%)32.1 (8.8)47.8 (3.8)

28674838Bužga et al. [27]Czech RepublicProspectiveMulticentre2017LSG8423 (27.3%)/61 (72.6%)42 (10.3)43.7 (5.4)18 months
LGP4315 (34.8%)/28 (65.1%)42.5 (8)42.5 (5.5)

10.1089/bari.2016.0022Bužgová et al. [28]Czech RepublicProspectiveMulticentre2016LSG4313 (30.2%)/30 (69.8%)44.5 (10.5)42.8 (5.4)12 months
LGP2510 (40%)/15 (60%)43.5 (8.1)42.2 (5.6)

26482166Chouillard et al. [41]FranceRetrospectiveMulticentre2015LSG404 (10%)/36 (90%)35.4 (6.65)41.2 (5.17)18 months
LGP404 (10%)/36 (90%)34.2 (8.15)40.4 (4.01)

14322218Grubnik et al. [37]UkraineRCTMulticentre2015LSG277 (25.9%)/20 (74.1%)44.2 (6.8)45.8 (7.2)3 years
LGP255 (20%)/20 (80%)40.5 (5.2)41.6 (6.5)

28792149Park and Kim [26]KoreaRetrospectiveSingle centre2017LSG7416 (21.6%)/58 (78.4%)30.4 (7.9)34.7 (53.6)3 years
LGP758 (10.7%)/67 (89.3%)32.6 (6.7)33.7 (3.3)

25428511Sharma et al. [36]IndiaRCTSingle centre2014LSG159 (60%)/6 (40%)39.944.0 (7.8)3 years
LGP159 (60%)/6 (40%)40.544.7 (6.1)

23443480Shen et al. [34]ChinaProspectiveSingle centre2013LSG207 (35%)/13 (65%)34.2 (6.3)38.4 (6.3)12 months
LGP195 (26.3%)/14 (73.7%)33.9 (5.7)37.3 (4.3)

29043548Talebpour et al. [29]IranRCTSingle centre2017LSG356 (17.1%)/29 (82.9%)38.6 (10.27)44.6(3.5)24 months
LGP358 (22.9%)/27 (77.1%)35.34 (10.08)48.39(4.89)

26985155Toprak et al. [39]TurkeyRetrospectiveSingle centre2015LSG2621 (80.8%)/5 (19.2%)33.9 (10.4)42.0 (3.1)12 months
LGP2923 (79.3%)/6 (20.7%)35.5 (11.2)41.4 (3.0)

25663148Verdi et al. [35]ItalyRetrospectiveSingle centre2015LSG456 (13.3%)/39 (86.7%)40 (9.14)41(5.07)6 months
LGP456 (13.3%)/39 (86.7%)37.8 (11.45)40.65(4.99)