Zvi Vaknin, MD, Hasan Kais, MD, Noga Fuchs, MD, Sharon Berger, MD, Moty Pansky, MD, Noam Smorgick, MD, Msc Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Beer Yaakov, Israel (Drs. Vaknin, Fuchs, Berger, Pansky; Smorgick). Department of General Surgery B, Assaf Harofe Medical […]
Minal Joshi, MD, Krystyna Kabata, PA-C, Srikanth Earhiraju, MD, Michael Baek, MD, Piotr J. Gorecki, MD Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has a potential for long-term complications. We report a case of LAGB slippage with extensive gastric necrosis managed with emergent
Gurdeep S. Matharoo, MD, Samir R. Shah, MD, Steven J. Binenbaum, MD, Frank J. Borao, MD Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is popular bariatric procedure for patients with morbid obesity. The procedure is appealing to patients and surgeons because of its customizable
