An Unusual Complication 4 years After Laparoscopic Adjustable Banding: Jejunal Obstruction Due to the Connecting Tube
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Willemien van de Water & F. Jeroen Vogelaar & Jorien M. Willems
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
Description
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is an often performed bariatric procedure for morbid obesity. Several complications are known, including surgery and portside- associated complications. As rare but serious late complication of LAGB, we describe a 50-year-old patient with periodic incomplete intestinal constriction due to the silicone connecting tube, 4 years after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was performed. Abdominal CT scan showed an obstructive ileus due to a loop in the connecting tube. After surgical removal of the connecting tube, the patient recovered without sequelae.
OBES SURG (2011) 21:131–133 DOI 10.1007/s11695-009-0057-7 Received: 20 October 2009 / Accepted: 1 December 2009 / Published online: 22 December 2009
