A unique case of free-floating gastric band tubing causing intraabdominal sepsis in a patient with locked-in syndrome secondary to Guillain-Barré syndrome

Abstract

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a known bariatric procedure that has largely fallen out of favor in our modern surgical era. Several case reports describe various complications secondary to gastric band slippage. Here we present a unique complication not related to gastric band slippage, but intraabdominal sepsis secondary to free-floating gastric band tubing after removal of the subcutaneous port in a patient with locked-in syndrome secondary to Guillain-Barré syndrome.