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- Title
Gastric Band Port Site Fixation: Which Method Is Best?
- Authors
Owers, Corinne E.; Barkley, Sarah M.; Ackroyd, Roger
- Abstract
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a popular and successful bariatric surgical technique. Although short-term complications are few in number, long-term complications are more common. One such complication is flippage of the gastric band port. This study compares three popular methods of port fixation and demonstrates that fixation with nonabsorbable mesh helps to prevent port flippage when compared to other techniques, reducing the need for repositioning operations.
- Subjects
CHI-squared test; GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; SURGICAL equipment; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Obesity, 2015, Vol 2015, p1
- ISSN
2090-0708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/701689