Diagnosis and treatment of postoperative complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure / 中华外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of the complications in patients after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Retrospectively analyze the data of the 23 patients who received the LAGB procedure from June 2003 to November 2004.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of 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.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The diagnosis and treatment of complications after LAGB in morbid obesity was special, if managed properly, the result would be satisfactory.</p>