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- Title
Letter to the Editor: How Bad Is "Bad"? A Cost Consideration and Review of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication Versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- Authors
Talebpour, Mohammad; Najari, Khosrow; kichi, Raziyeh Abedi; zabihi-Mahmoudabadi, Hossein
- Abstract
The average cost of laparoscopic gastric plication is 1500-2000$ in Iran, while 6-7 staplers are used in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which cost about 1,000-1,500$ that added to total cost, whereas there isn't in gastric plication. 10.1007/s11695-019-03867-8 4 Barrichello S. Laparoscopic greater curvature plication and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy treatments for obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis of short-and mid-term results. Our many years of experience have shown that the laparoscopic gastric plication method is more effective in lower BMI (less than 40 kg/m SP 2 sp ), especially class II obesity, as well it is cost benefit.
- Subjects
MORBID obesity; SLEEVE gastrectomy; GASTRIC bypass; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; BARIATRIC surgery
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 2, p542
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-021-05816-w