Twelve year experience of laparoscopic gastric plication in morbid obesity: development of the technique and patient outcomes

Table 7 Regain or failure after up to 8 years of effective period of LGP (4 years)

REGAIN	NUMBER	NEW PLAN	OUTCOME
WRONG SELECTION	31 regain	MALABSORPTIVE	20 CASES,
WRONG SELECTION	6 failure		78% EWL/ 1 YEAR
TEMPORARY NEW CONDITION	13	11 REPLICATION	11 CASES LGP,
TEMPORARY NEW CONDITION	13	2 GASTRIC BYPASS	55% EWL/ 2 YEAR
PERMANENT NEW CONDITION	5	MALABSORPTIVE	5 CASES
TOTAL	55/176 (31%)	68% MAL,	38 CASES,
		32% REPLICATION	69% REOP

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