Gastric plication. Review of 900 cases A Bariatric Surgery reality

Introduction: Obesity is a growing public health problem in our population, patients affected with this condition are increasing and also the rate in the younger population. There are several alternatives for surgery or bariatric surgery with variations in their results and possible complications. Materials and Methods: 900 patients have undergone laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP), a laparoscopic bariatric procedure, and we evaluate the results of one year post-op. Between August 2006 and August 2010 were performed 900 LGP surgeries, 562 women and 338 men, aged between 14 and 73 years, body mass index (BMI) between 30 and 60. Results: Percentage of Excess Weight Loss (%EWL) was 70.30% Discussion: Our experience with PGL and the resultsprobes that it is a restrictive surgery easily perform, ambulatory, with encouraging results, lower risk and lower morbidity and mortality. Discusión:La PGL como cirugía restrictiva es de fácil realización, ambulatoria, con resultados alentadores, menor riesgo y menor morbi-mortalidad, se presenta la experiencia y sus resultados. _________________________________________________________________________________