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01-10-2017 | Letter to the Editor
Revisional Surgery Following Laparoscopic Gastric Plication
Authors:
Abdulzahra Hussain, Shamsi El-Hasani
Published in:
Obesity Surgery
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Issue 10/2017
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Excerpt
We appreciate the great efforts of the authors of gastric plication article which was published in the Obes Surg [
1]. Gastric plication is not a new concept and was mentioned earlier in 1960 [
2]. The procedure has gained interest and the Iranian authors have published one of the largest series of 800 patients and 12 years follow-up with 1% revision rate [
3]. Short-term results of gastric plication showed promising diabetes control of 92% at 1 year follow-up [
4]. …