Diagnosis and treatment of postoperative complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure.

Author: Yu-Bin KOU ¹ ; Cheng-Zhu ZHENG ; Kai YIN ; Chong-Wei KE ; Xu-Guang HU ; Dan-Lei CHEN
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1. Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastroplasty; adverse effects; methods; Humans; Laparoscopy; adverse effects; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid; surgery; Postoperative Complications; diagnosis; etiology; therapy; Retrospective Studies
From: Chinese Journal of Surgery 2006;44(21):1473-1476
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the diagnosis and treatment of the complications in patients after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure.
METHODSRetrospectively analyze the data of the 23 patients who received the LAGB procedure from June 2003 to November 2004.
RESULTSOf the 23 LAGB operations, 3 (13%) cases of vomiting and nausea, 1 (4.3%) case of access-port infection and 5 (21.4%) cases of food intolerance occurred. One band (4.3%) and one injection reservoir (4.3%) displaced and were removed by laparoscopy. No death and thrombo-embolism occurred.
CONCLUSIONSThe diagnosis and treatment of complications after LAGB in morbid obesity was special, if managed properly, the result would be satisfactory.