title: Prevention of catheter disconnection after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
abstract: In a consecutive series of 138 laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandings (LAGB) we observed disconnection of the gastric band catheter at the site of the port connector in 17 patients. During operative revision we established a new port position with a minimal distance of 10 cm between the connector and the entrance of the catheter to the abdominal cavity. Using this technique no complications and no catheter disruptions occurred during a median followup period of 25 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, Charité, Campus Mitte, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. juergen.zieren@charite.de
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zieren
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Menenakos
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Jochen M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*