Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SILS gastric banding


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The result was keep. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 22:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

SILS gastric banding

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Created by a single purpose account, this ref bombed article is carefully constructed to create the impression of authoritativeness when in fact only a few of the sources provided refer to the procedure that is the topic of the article. Not notable. Mccapra (talk) 21:34, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 21:34, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 15:25, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep - whatever the merits of the current sourcing, a search for "Single-incision laparoscopic surgery" "gastric banding" "systematic review" returns several systematic review articles (the gold standard for WP:MEDRS) comparing SILS with other surgical approaches to bariatric surgery. Liu et al 2015 compares SILS and conventional laparoscopy for adjustable gastric banding. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550728913003900 Moreno-Sanz 2015] compares SIL and conventional bariatric surgery, which includes gastric banding as one approach (another is gastric bypass). Ahmed and Patel 2011 systematically review the literature on SILS in abdominal surgery more widely, gastric banding being one kind: they filtered 698 articles down to 102 that they analysed in detail. Kang et al 2018 review Single-Port Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Bariatric Treatments, gastric banding being one of "the most commonly performed surgical therapies" in the field. This says that the approach is notable and has been reliably evaluated repeatedly over several years now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:03, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * By the way, the article is seriously in need of updating; much of it was written by User:Obesitysurgeons (a username that would instantly get blocked today) back in 2009 before the review articles were written. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:07, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep This is a well sourced relevant article. Wm335td (talk) 21:31, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


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