Long-term outcomes and cause of high rate of loss to follow-up after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in obese patients.

Pei Liu; Cheng-zhu Zheng

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Long-term outcomes and cause of high rate of loss to follow-up after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in obese patients.

Author: Pei LIU ¹ ; Cheng-zhu ZHENG
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1. Department of Minimal Invasive Surgery, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastric Bypass; methods; Humans; Laparoscopy; methods; Lost to Follow-Up; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; surgery; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; Weight Loss; Young Adult
From: Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2013;16(1):66-69
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the long-term outcomes of weight loss and the cause of high rate of loss to follow-up after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in obese patients.
METHODSClinical and follow-up data of 226 obese patients undergoing LAGB operation in the Changhai Hospital from June 2003 to June 2007 were analyzed retrospectively.
RESULTSA total of 125 patients were followed up for 3-7 years. Among these 125 cases, 115 (92.0%) presented weight loss after LAGB, 60 (48.0%) presented extra weight loss after LAGB. Another 105 cases (44.7%) were lost to follow-up. Most of patients who were loss to follow-up were younger (P<0.05). Gender, weight and BMI were not associated with the rate of loss to follow-up (all P>0.05).
CONCLUSIONSLaparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery is a relatively simple and safe procedure among the bariatric surgery, but the follow-up protocol is complex and the rate of loss to follow-up is high. Postoperative follow-up should be emphasized.