title: [Diagnosis and treatment of postoperative complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of the complications in patients after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospectively analyze the data of the 23 patients who received the LAGB procedure from June 2003 to November 2004.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis and treatment of complications after LAGB in morbid obesity was special, if managed properly, the result would be satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Cheng-Zhu
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Chong-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Xu-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Dan-Lei
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies