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Case Reports
. 2012 Jun;7(2):114-7.
doi: 10.5114/wiitm.2011.25983. Epub 2011 Nov 30.

Gastric band migration following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB): two cases of endoscopic management using a gastric band cutter

Pawel Rogalski  1 , Hady Razak Hady, Andrzej Baniukiewicz, Andrzej Dąbrowski, Fabian Kaminski, Jacek Dadan
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Case Reports

Gastric band migration following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB): two cases of endoscopic management using a gastric band cutter

Pawel Rogalski et al. Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is one of the most frequently used minimally invasive and reversible procedures for the treatment of morbid obesity. Migration of the gastric band into the gastric lumen is a rare late complication of LAGB. Previous attempts at endoscopic removal of migrated bands have included the use of endoscopic scissors, laser ablation and argon plasma coagulation (APC). We report two cases of successful endoscopic management of gastric band migration using a gastric band cutter.

Keywords: band; cutter; laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; migration.

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Figure 1
Endoscopic view of migrated gastric band (patient 1)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pulling of the connecting tube into the gastric lumen with forceps (patient 1)
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Figure 3
Cutting of the gastric band using the gastric band cutter (patient 1)
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Figure 4
Extraction of the gastric band with forceps (patient 1)
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Figure 5
Endoscopic view of migrated gastric band (patient 2)
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Figure 6
Computed tomography scan showing migrated gastric band with connection tube inside the stomach (patient 2)
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Figure 7
The gastric band after successful endoscopic extraction from the stomach
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