title: Complications of adjustable gastric banding.
abstract: Adjustable gastric banding (AGB) has become increasingly used by bariatric surgeons and their patients as the surgical weight loss procedure of choice. The popularity of this procedure is in large part a result of the remarkable safety profile and low initial complication rate. Complications of AGB were initially believed to be minor and infrequent, but longer-term studies have increasingly described complications that lead to revisional surgery. In addition, a larger fraction of patients fail to lose weight than with other surgical weight loss procedures, frequently necessitating conversion to these other options.
authors: Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, MIMIS Weight Loss Center, 320 East Main Street, Crosby, MN 56441, USA.
authors: Jay Michael
authors: JM
authors: Snow
authors: Paul A
authors: PA
authors: Severson
mesh_terms: D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008365:Manometry; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011391:Prolapse; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology; D012086:Reoperation; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D015431:Weight Loss