Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Weight Loss Compared to Nonbanded Sleeve: Midterm Results from a Prospective Randomized Study

Table 1

Preoperative data.

Parameters	Group A (LSG n = 25)	Group B (LBSG n = 25)	Total (n = 50)	(0.05)
Age (mean, SD)	43.7 ± 9.8	47.3 ± 6.58	45.5 ± 8.19	NS
Sex (%)
Female	64% 16/25	56% 14/25	60% 30/50	NS
Male	36%. 9/25	44% 11/25	40% 20/50	NS
Preoperative BMI (mean, SD)	47.3 ± 6.58 kg/m^2	45.95 ± 5.85 kg/m^2	45.99 ± 6.25 kg/m^2	NS
T2DM	28% 7/25	20% 5/25	24% 12/50	NS
Hypertension	56% 14/25	28% 7/25	42% 21/50	NS
OSAS	24% 6/25	8% 2/25	16%. 8/50	NS

LSG: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; LBSG: laparoscopic banded sleeve gastrectomy; SD: standard deviation; T2DM: type-2 diabetes mellitus; OSAS; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.