Band erosion with gastric cancer.
Adjustable gastric banding is a well-established procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity. We present a 62-year-old female who experienced the rare complication of intragastric band perforation due to a gastric adenocarcinoma localized at the site of gastric banding, 10 years after insertion of the band.
Hackert
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Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Thilo.Hackert@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Dietz
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Tjaden
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Sieg
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Buchler
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Schmidt
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*