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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Dec 10;16(2):340–351. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.11.012

Table 2:

Population characteristics and outcomes of the included studies.

Study (Year published) N Males N (%) Age yrs Mean (S.D) BMI Pre-ESG (S.D) Follow up (Months) % TWL % EWL Serious Adverse Events N (%)
Saumoy (2018) 128 42 (32.8%) 43.6 (11.3) 38.92 (6.95) 6 13.43 (7.4) NA 2 (1.5%)

(1 perigastric leak, 1 perforation)
12 15.8 (9.5) NA
Alqahtani (2019) 1000 103 (10.3%) 34.4 (9.5) 33.3 (4.5) 6 13.7 (6.8) 64.3 (56.2) 24 (2.4%)

(8 severe abdominal pain, 7 post-procedure bleeding, 4 peri-gastric collections with pleural effusion, 5 post-procedure fever with no sequelae)
12 15.0 (7.7) 67.5 (52.3)
18 14.8 (8.5) 64.7 (55.4)
Abu Dayyeh (2017) 25 4 (16%) 47.6 (10) 35.5 (2.6) 6 NA 54 (40) 3 (12%)

(1 peri-gastric fluid collection,

1 pulmonary embolism, 1 pneumoperitoneum/pneumothorax)
12 NA 54 (40)
20 NA 45 (41)
Lopez-Nava (2017) 154 46 (30%) 44.9 (9.5) 38.3 (5.5) 6 15.8 (7.1) 47.8 (29.4) 0

(No SAE)
12 18.2 (10.1) 52.6 (31.3)
24 19.5 (10.5) 60.4 (31.1)
Morales (2018) 148 27 (18.2%) 41.53 (10) 35.11 (5.5) 6 15.45 (5.9) 64.93 (51) 1 (0.67%)

Mild GI bleeding
12 17.53 (7.57) 75.4 (85.0)
18 18.66 (7.3) 79.25 (43)
Barrichello (2019) 193 45 (23.3%) 42.3 (9.6) 34.11 (2.97) 6 14.25 (5.26) 56.15 (22.93) 4 (2.07)

(2 Gl bleeding, 2 perigastric fluid collections)
12 15.06 (5.22) 59.41 (25.69)
Sartoretto (2018) 51 (Austr alia) 15 (29.4%) 43 (11. 9) 36.7 (4.9) 6 14.0 (5.6) 49.2 (23.2) 3 (2.6%)

(2 Gl bleeding, 1 perigastric fluid collection)
42 (US Ctr 1) 17 (40.5%) 49.2 (11.4) 41.2 (8.0) 6 16.3 (7.9) 46.9 (20.3)
19 (US Ctr 2) 3 (15.8%) 41.2 (8.0) 33.6 (4.0) 6 17.7 (1.7) 72.1 (9.7)
Kumar (2017) 22 2 (9.1%) 39.2 (1.6) 34.3 (1.0) 6 17.3 (1.7) NA 0

(No SAE)
12 17.3 (2.6) NA
77 18 (23.4%) 41.3 ± 1.1 36.1 (0.6) 6 16.0 (0.8) NA 0

(No SAE)
12 17.4 (1.2) NA
*

NA data was not available

+

Percent total weight loss (%TWL); Percent Excess Weight Loss (%EWL); Standard Deviation (S.D.); Seriouse Adverse Event (SAE)