Abstract
To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of the complications in patients after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure. Retrospectively analyze the data of the 23 patients who received the LAGB procedure from June 2003 to November 2004. Of the 23 LAGB operations, 3 (13%) cases of vomiting and nausea, 1 (4.3%) case of access-port infection and 5 (21.4%) cases of food intolerance occurred. One band (4.3%) and one injection reservoir (4.3%) displaced and were removed by laparoscopy. No death and thrombo-embolism occurred. The diagnosis and treatment of complications after LAGB in morbid obesity was special, if managed properly, the result would be satisfactory.
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