Band slippage, gastric pouch outlet stenosis, band or ring mucosal erosion, and intragastric migration are the classical late complications that often lead to abdominal pain, weight loss (or ...

If, however, a gastric band is removed for any reason (for example gastric band erosion, inadequate weight loss or food intolerance) patients will often regain all of their lost weight ...

Gastric bands for obesity may help people ... including 28 percent who experienced band erosion. Nearly 50 percent of patients lost their band within nine years. Most who had their band removed ...

The authors point out that the most common complications related to gastric bands are band slippage or erosion, and that lung-related problems such as those described above are rare. However ...

Introduction: Two decades ago, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was a leading bariatric surgery. However, its popularity has declined, with sleeve gastrectomy becoming the predominant choice.

and 23 instances of band erosion. The latter was discovered after a mean of four years and led to band removal or gastric bypass surgery in 19 cases.

Deputy assistant coroner Paul McCandless said Mrs White had developed an infection because of a "rare but recognised complication of gastric band erosion" which then "weakened adjacent cells and ...