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 2

Revisionary surgery for failed or complicated VBGs: causes of reoperation.

Cause	Technique
	Re-VBG	Conversion to RYGB-on-VBG	Total	%
Weight regain & staple line disruption	37	35	72	66
Vomiting & stoma stenosis	2	11	13	12
Weight regain & pouch dilation	9	4	13	12
Vomiting & kinked stoma	1	9	10	9
Weight regain	0	1	1	1
Total	49	60	109	100