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 3

Revisionary surgery for failed or complicated VBGs: 30-day operative and late complication rate.

Complications	Technique
		Re-VBG		Conversion to RYGB-on-VBG		TOT	%
		n.	%	n.	%
30-days Operative complications	Surgical	4	8.1	0	0	4	6.7
	Not-surgical	3	6.1	4	6.5	7	6.4
Late complications		33	67.3	11	18.3	44	40.3