Obesity surgery
Safety and Effectiveness of Conversion from Adjustable Gastric Band to Ring Augmented Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
Kayleigh Ann Martina van Dam, Geert Henricus Jozef Martinus Verkoulen, Evelien de Witte, Pieter Petrus Henricus Luciën Broos, Jan Willem M Greve, Evert-Jan Gijsbert Boerma
Published: 202610.1007/s11695-025-08463-7
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (AGB) has shown suboptimal long-term results with a non-success rate of 20-56% with an accompanying removal rate of 10-50% due to suboptimal clinical response or complications. Conversion to RYGB is pr…
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