Table 5. Details of Surgical Complications by Type of Surgery.
| LAGB | RYGB | SG | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of events | No. of events | No. of events | |
| Within 30 PODs | |||
| Fever/leakage | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | ||
| Port/tubing complication | 1 | ||
| Rhabdomyolysis | 1 | ||
| Slippage | 1 | ||
| Stoma obstruction | 1 | ||
| Wound complication | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | ||
| Bleeding | 1 | ||
| Bowel obstruction* | 2 | ||
| Diarrhea | 1 | ||
| Aspiration pneumonia† | 1 | ||
| GERD | 1 | ||
| Kinking | 2 | ||
| Leakage | 1 | ||
| After POD 30 | |||
| Pneumonia | 1 | ||
| Port flip | 2 | ||
| Port flip/port revision | 1 | ||
| Port infection/band removal‡ | 1 | ||
| Port infection/port revision | 2 | ||
| Port leak/port revision | 1 | ||
| Band erosion/band removal‡ | 3 | ||
| Band leakage/band removal‡ | 1 | ||
| Slippage | 4 | ||
| GERD | 1 | 3 | |
| Nausea/vomiting | 1 | 1 | |
| Dizziness | 1 | ||
| Hypoglycemia | 1 | ||
| Iron deficiency anemia | 1 | 1 | |
| Gallbladder stone | 1 | 1 | |
| Depression | 1 | ||
| Hair loss | 1 | ||
| Internal hernia§ | 1 | ||
| Intestinal perforation§ | 1 | ||
| Mallory-Weiss syndrome | 1 | ||
| Incisional hernia* | 2 |
LAGB, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; RYGB, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; SG, sleeve gastrectomy; POD, postoperative day; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.
*One patient was reoperated, †Died, ‡Band removed, §Reoperated.