Comment on: Long-term outcomes and frequency of re-operative bariatric surgeries beyond 15 years after gastric banding: A high band failure rate with safe revisions

The technical simplicity of the surgical procedure and early promising short-term results of the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (AGB) made it one of the most commonly used bariatric surgical techniques in the United States and worldwide. However, since its peak around 2009, the AGB utilization has declined fast, and estimates show that only about 6,300 new AGB ’s, or 3% of all bariatric surgeries, were done in the US in 2017 (1). The reasons behind the dramatic reduction in utilization of AGB in recent years are the suboptimal weight loss with the procedure in most patients, associated common mechanical complications and the very high reoperation, remov al or revision rate of AGB (2-4).
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research