Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 26, 2026
A Murine Model of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Published on: December 18, 2017
Seven year results of vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity
E Näslund1, L Backman, L Granström
1Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Objective:
To present our experience with a group of obese patients treated by vertical banded gastroplasty.
Design:
Open prospective study.
Setting:
Teaching hospital, Sweden.
Subjects:
198 Morbidly obese patients operated on between 1986 and April 1994.
Interventions:
Modified Mason vertical banded gastroplasty.
Main Outcome Measures:
Weight loss, mortality, early and late morbidity, and reoperation.
Results:
The mean (SEM) age was 40 (0.7) and 149 of the 198 were women (75%). 22 Patients (11%) were lost to follow-up. Five patients died (3%), one soon after operation. Mean (SEM) body mass index (BMI) was 44.4 (0.5) preoperatively and this decreased to 32.6 (0.6) after four years (n = 99) and 33.8 (1.3) after seven years (n = 20). 21 patients developed 24 early postoperative complications, and 31 patients were reoperated on 41 times for late complications.
Conclusion:
All patients lost weight after vertical banded gastroplasty, and their weight continued to decrease during a seven-year follow-up. This was somewhat offset by the high rate of reoperations required.
