Table 3.

Summary of % excess weight loss with LAGB in the published literature

Study	Number of patients in study population/follow-up time point(s)	Mean % excess weight loss	Follow-up duration
Spivak [25]	148/127, ≥ 5 years	46	7 years
Alhamdani [40]	575/312, 2 years/66, ≥ 5 years	40	≥5 years
Lanthaler [16]	276/221 (estimated from 80 % follow up)	64	10 years
Caiazzo [13]	143/140	46	5 years
Himpens [15]	151/82	43	13 years (median)
Ray [17]	442/135, 3 years/31, 5 years	51	3 years
		60	5 years
Garb [14]	Meta-analysis of 28 studies	43	1 year (15 studies)
		50	2 years (12 studies)
		55	3 years (9 studies)
O'Brien [3]	Meta-analysis of 18 studies; 4,456, 1 year/3,383, 2 years/640, 5 years	42	1 year (11 studies)
		53	2 years (11 studies)
		55	5 years (5 studies)