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Complications of Gastric Bands

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Abstract

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a restrictive bariatric operation. The procedure involves the placement of a gastric band around the upper part of the stomach, just below the gastroesophageal junction. This device is adjustable, and the procedure is devoid of any resection—no staples used at all. The procedure is unique in the fact that it requires strict follow-up with subsequent “fills” of the band in order to attain the proper level of satiety. These fills are performed in the office with a non-coring Huber needle. A patient’s success with a LAGB is directly proportional to the patient’s ability to follow up and the surgeon’s availability to provide such follow-up.

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Abbreviations

%EWL:

Excess weight lost

LAGB:

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

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  1. Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine – NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Bradley F. Schwack

  2. Department of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Christine Ren Fielding

  3. CHI Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Jaime Ponce

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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Rami Lutfi

  2. University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mariano Palermo

  3. Saint-Pierre University Hospital, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium

    Guy-Bernard Cadière

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Schwack, B.F., Fielding, C.R., Ponce, J. (2018). Complications of Gastric Bands. In: Lutfi, R., Palermo, M., Cadière, GB. (eds) Global Bariatric Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93545-4_19

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