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[Laparoscopic gastric banding for treatment of morbid obesity]
R Weiner1, H Bockhorn, D Wagner
1Chirurgische Klinik, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt/M.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|February 5, 1999
Abstract:
The laparoscopic implantation of the LAP-BAND is a minimal invasive technique in obese patients. The effectiveness is comparable to that of gastroplasty. In all 186 patients were treated laparoscopically. The conversion rate was 0%. There were no death. In 0.5% there were intraoperative complications; 3% complications were caused by the port system; and 4% of the late postoperative complications were related to the LAP-BAND (pouch dilatation, slippage).