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ArticleCureus2025

Unusual Migration of a Gastric Band 15 Years Post-surgery: Laparoscopic Management of a Challenging Case.

Ioanna Verzoviti, Katerina Delladetsima, Dimitrios Keramidaris

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Ioanna VerzovitiDepartment of General Surgery, 417 Army Shared Fund Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Katerina DelladetsimaDepartment of General Surgery, 417 Army Shared Fund Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Dimitrios KeramidarisDepartment of General Surgery, 417 Army Shared Fund Hospital, Athens, GRC.

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Abstract

The laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery (LAGB) is a surgical technique that was widely used in the past for the treatment of morbid obesity. Nowadays, it is on the decline due to its moderate results in weight loss, coupled with a significant risk of complications. Among others, band erosion and migration are relatively common and require gastric band removal. These conditions might be difficult to manage, as there is also a high possibility of post-surgical complications. Herein we present the case of a 46-year-old woman with port protrusion and erosion, as well as migration of the band in an atypical position inside the abdomen, occurring 15 years after a gastric band procedure, and its successful management.

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adjustable gastric band (agb)band erosionband migrationbariatric surgerylaparoscopic removal

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PMID40777720
PMCPMC12331133

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