Case Report
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding and Hypoglycemia
Table 1
Case patients’ characteristics.
| | Variables | Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 |
| | Age (years) | 57 | 47 | 52 | | Gender (male, female) | F | F | M | | Preoperative BMI (kg/m2) | 47 | 40.2 | 40.9 | | Medication-related complications | N | N | N | | History of type II diabetes mellitus | N | N | N | | LAGB placement | Y | Y | Y | | Concomitant hiatal hernia repair | Y | N | N | | Presence of perioperative complications | N | N | N | | Time to development of symptoms (mo.) | 45 | 41 | 14 | | Presence of Whipple’s triad | Y | Y | Y | | Weight loss at time of symptoms (kg) | −38.2 | −43.2 | −21 | | Volume of band reservoir (mL) | 0 | 5.1 | 8.2 |
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BMI: body mass index; LAGB: laparoscopic adjustablegastric banding; mo.: months; kg: kilograms; mL: milliliters.
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