Bariatric Revisionary Surgery for Failed or Complicated Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG): Comparison of VBG Reoperation (re-VBG) versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass-on-VBG (RYGB-on-VBG)

Table 1

Revisionary surgery for failed or complicated VBGs: patient characteristics.

Characteristic	Technique
	Re-VBG	Conversion to RYGB-on-VBG	TOT
n. Patients	49	60	109
Mean AGE yrs	46	48	47
Mean BMI	$37.4\pm 7.1$	$35\pm 8.9$	$36.1\pm 7.7$