Abstract
Obesity is a major problem with the number of obese patients presenting to cardiac surgery is ever increasing. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is one modality commonly used to mechanically reduce food intake and also promotes early satiety. Late complications of the device may occur in up to 20% of cases; increasing up to 30% in pregnancy. We report the first case of a late complication of LAGB after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Highlights
Background/Introduction Obesity is a major problem with the number of obese patients presenting to cardiac surgery is ever increasing
Late complications of the device may occur in up to 20% of cases; increasing up to 30% in pregnancy
We report the first case of a late complication of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) after cardiopulmonary bypass
Summary
Background/Introduction Obesity is a major problem with the number of obese patients presenting to cardiac surgery is ever increasing. Acute gastric obstruction following cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with an adjustable gastric band Raed Azzam*, Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Andrew Brazier, Bilal H Kirmani, Ragheb Hasan From World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons 25th Anniversary Congress, Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is one modality commonly used to mechanically reduce food intake and promotes early satiety.
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