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 4

Outcomes of revisionary surgery for failed or complicated VBGs: long-term complications.

Complications	Technique
	Re-VBG		Conversion to RYGB-on-VBG		TOT	%
	n.	%	n.	%
Recurrent Vomiting	19	38.7		0	19	17.4
Gastro-esophageal reflux	7	14.3		0	7	6.4
Heartburn and regurgitation		0	3	5	3	2.8
Acute gastritis		0	1	1.6	1	0.9
Dumping Syndrome		0	4	6.5	4	3.7
Gastro-gastric fistula	3	6.1	3	5	6	5.5
Outlet sub-stenosis	1	2		0	3	2.7
Reoperation (gastro-gastric anastomosis)	7	14.3		0	7	6.4
Total	33	67.3	11	18.3	50	45.8