Clinical Study

Fourteen-Year Long-Term Results after Gastric Banding

Table 3

Reasons for band removal.

Patients 24
Overall removal rate 12.0
Discomfort 5
Excellent excessive weight loss 1
Migration 11
Slippage 2
During cholecystectomy (at out-of-town hospitals) 2
Peritonitis 1
Stomach wall necrosis 1
Epiphrenic esophageal diverticula 1