Gastric Band Migration Causing Jejunal Obstruction: a Life-Threatening Complication

J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Dec;21(12):2122-2123. doi: 10.1007/s11605-017-3493-z. Epub 2017 Jul 14.

Authors

Fabian Reche^{1

2}, Adrian Mancini³, Jean-Luc Faucheron^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Digestive Surgery, Grenoble Alps University Hospital, CS 10 2017, 38043, Grenoble cedex, France. [email protected].
² CNRS, UMR 5525, TIMC-IMAG, Domaine de la Merci, 38706, Grenoble, France. [email protected].
³ Department of Digestive Surgery, Grenoble Alps University Hospital, CS 10 2017, 38043, Grenoble cedex, France.
⁴ CNRS, UMR 5525, TIMC-IMAG, Domaine de la Merci, 38706, Grenoble, France.

PMID: 28710593
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-017-3493-z

No abstract available

Keywords: Band erosion; Band migration; Bariatric surgery; Complications; Laparoscopic gastric banding; Morbid obesity; Small bowel obstruction.