title: Complications of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and its Modified Operative Mode, K-Gastroplasty: a preliminary report.
abstract: Based on the experiences in performing vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) for 8 years, its results were analyzed and particularly its operative complications were examined. As a result, its weight-reducing effect and safety were favorable, but serious complications, although few, were observed. These major complications were the loss of gastric reduction effect due to staple-line dehiscence, gastric band exposure, reflux esophagitis, channel narrowing, pouch ulcer, etc. As a preventive measure against these complications, to supplement the defects of VBG without losing its characteristics, K-gastroplasty was devised and performed; its operative mode is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ishibashi General Hospital, Chiba University School of Medicine, Tochigi, 329-05, Japan.
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isono