Cardiac arrest following adjustment of a gastric band.
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is an established and popular technique for achieving weight loss in the morbidly obese. It is however not without risks of morbidity and even mortality. The authors present a case report of a 46-year-old female who had a cardiac arrest after adjustment of a gastric band. The pathomechanisms to explain this event are explored and a review of the available literature is undertaken.
Oluigbo
Nnenna
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Department of Medicine, Birmingham Heartsland Hospital, Heart of England NHS Trust, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5ST, UK.
Fallouh
Bassam
B
Suresh
Vijay
V
D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*