Adverse symptoms after gastric banding surgery?

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Gastric banding weight loss surgery (LAGB) is usually performed by laparoscopic surgery. This kind of operation uses the minimally invasive surgical technology, the original abdominal incision of at least 15 cm is less into 1-2 cm small hole to complete the necessary instrument operation. During the operation, the doctor watched the TV screen to understand the condition of the patient's abdominal cavity. Compared with traditional surgery, laparoscopic surgery has the greatest advantage of faster postoperative recovery and less pain. Adverse symptoms after gastric banding surgery? Let's talk about it.

Adverse symptoms after gastric banding surgery?

Sometimes the infection causes the band to enter the stomach, and the operation must be performed again. Most of the displacement is due to too much water being injected into the band. It is suggested that the amount of water injected into the gastric band should not exceed 9 ml. Almost all of the gastric bands reported to be displaced were injected with more than 11 ml of water, exceeding the maximum of 2 ml. The incidence of displacement can be greatly reduced by avoiding excessive water injection into the gastric band. Transposition can also be caused by infection without obvious clinical symptoms. Although the chances of this happening are rare, it is also very important for you to avoid being injected without skin disinfection. Regular injection disinfection requires that the cotton ball soaked in 5% chlorhexidine solution for about 10 minutes be used to wipe the skin. Ignoring the preparation of skin disinfection is likely to lead to infection.

Leakage of the gastric banding or the connecting tube between the balloon and the syringe may require another operation. The material of the balloon is relatively fragile, and the leakage can occur shortly after the operation or several years after the operation. If this happens, a new strap can be replaced surgically. Now the probability of complications is very low, but you must also realize that in the long run, there is still the risk of replacing a new strap.

General anesthesia is necessary for surgery, so there is a small risk of serious complications and even death. However, the adjustable gastric banding surgery is not like other weight-loss surgery to open or cut off part of the stomach or intestinal tissue, so the risk of adjustable gastric banding surgery is much smaller than most other operations. You can ask your doctor for more details.

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No one can guarantee that your gastric banding will last a lifetime without failure. However, since 1987, adjustable gastric banding has been used clinically, the failure cases are very rare. Even if none of the above complications occurred, the risk of reoperation still exists. You have to understand that reoperation may be part of the whole treatment of very severe obesity. Sometimes, reoperation is a necessary technical measure.