Table 4.
Outcomes of revisionary surgery for failed or complicated VBGs: long-term complications.
| Complications | Technique | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-VBG | Conversion to RYGB-on-VBG | TOT | % | |||
| n. | % | n. | % | |||
| Recurrent Vomiting | 19 | 38.7 | 0 | 19 | 17.4 | |
| Gastro-esophageal reflux | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 7 | 6.4 | |
| Heartburn and regurgitation | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2.8 | |
| Acute gastritis | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Dumping Syndrome | 0 | 4 | 6.5 | 4 | 3.7 | |
| Gastro-gastric fistula | 3 | 6.1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Outlet sub-stenosis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2.7 | |
| Reoperation (gastro-gastric anastomosis) | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 7 | 6.4 | |
| Total | 33 | 67.3 | 11 | 18.3 | 50 | 45.8 |