Case Report of Successful Medical Management of Progressive Gastric Band Penetration-to-Perforation After Band Insertion at Bariatric Surgery: Documentation by 12 Serial EGDs During 50 months of Observation

Dig Dis Sci. 2018 Jan;63(1):257-263. doi: 10.1007/s10620-017-4783-8. Epub 2017 Nov 13.
No abstract available

Keywords: Adjustable gastric band; Bariatric surgery; Gastric band; Gastric band penetration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bariatric Surgery / instrumentation*
  • Bariatric Surgery / methods*
  • Device Removal
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / pathology*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
  • Gastric Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Gastric Bypass / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Treatment Failure