title: Anaesthetic experience of vertical banded gastroplasty.
abstract: We have reviewed data from 200 patients who underwent weight-reducing surgery in a district general hospital. Mean age was 38.5 yr (range 14-60 yr) and mean body mass index (BMI) 45.7 kg m-2 (range 30.0-86.8 kg m-2). There was one death, which resulted from pulmonary embolus 3 weeks after surgery. Upper abdominal surgery of this type is justified in the morbidly obese and problems were not encountered that would exclude its practice from non-specialized units.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Hull Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Goulding
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Hovell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies