Table 2.
Comparison of findings of the current study with the literature.
| Study | N | BMIa (M) |
EWL% | LOS (M hrs) |
Complicationb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 3 m | 6 m | 12 m | 24 m | |||||
| Current study | 26 | 40.7 | 20 | 33.6 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 37.5 | 93.1 | 0 |
| Brethauer et al. (2011) [5] | 6 | 43.3 | 23.3 | 38.5 | 49.9 | 53.4 | — | 37 | 16.7% |
| Atlas et al. (2013) [6] | 44 | 38 | 30.6 (40 p) | — | 57 (24 p) | 50.7 (13 p) | — | 18 | 6.8% |
| Ramos et al. (2010) [7] | 42 | 41 | 20 | 32 (33 p) | 48 (20 p) | 60 (15 p) | — | 36 | 0 |
aPreop BMI; bmajor postop complications; LOS: length of stay; N: number of patients; M: mean; m: month/s; hrs: hours; p: patients; —: Authors did not undertake this measurement.