Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding with gastric plication: midterm outcomes in terms of weight loss and short term complications

LAGBP is a safe, feasible, and reproducible bariatric procedure. The LAGBP performs significantly better than the LAGB for weight loss. The complication and revision rates were slightly higher with LAGB than LAGBP. However, it was not statistically significant.