title: Endoscopic management of penetrated adjustable gastric band with its connecting tube: report of a case.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a widely performed surgical procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity. Late complications mainly originate from either the injection port or the gastric band. Complications from the tube and band together are also described.
  
  
  METHODS
  We here report a case of adjustable gastric band migrated subserosally into the stomach with its whole connecting tube, which was removed endoscopically using a band cutter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In selected patients endoscopic techniques in combination with minimally invasive procedures can safely be used in the treatment of complete gastric band migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmi Alem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Atak
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kadioglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome