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 5

Outcomes of revisionary surgery for failed or complicated VBGs: changes in BMI.

Follow-up	Technique
	Re-VBG n. 49	Conversion to RYGBP on VBG n. 60
Operative	$37.4\pm 7.1$	$35.0\pm 8.9$
1 Yr	$30.5\pm 4.6$	$28.6\pm 4.4$
2 Yrs	$30.9\pm 4.6$	$30.2\pm 8.0$
3 Yrs	$31.2\pm 5.3$	$28.4\pm 4.5$
Lost to follow up/%	9/8.2%	3/5%