title: Laparoscopic transgastric removal of eroding gastric band: a different approach.
abstract: Gastric banding is a popular method for the treatment of morbid obesity. Amongst complications, gastric erosion remains uncommon but could prove fatal. Multiple techniques, from open surgery to endoscopic and standard laparoscopic technique for their removal, have been previously detailed in the literature. However, only a few reports have mentioned their total laparoscopic transgastric removal in the literature. Herein, we report a successful removal of an eroding gastric band with its technical suggestion in a 43-year-old female patient 22 months following its application.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK Alikordzadeh@gmail.com.|Faculty of Medical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kordzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Sritharan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadirkamanathan
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos