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Complications of bariatric surgical procedures
| Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding | Band slippage (1.6%) band erosion (0.1%–7.7%) |
| Roux-en-Y gastric bypass | Gastrointestinal bleed/ anaemia (1%–4%) Ulceration (1%–16%) Anastomotic leak (0.1%–5.6%)±fistula Strictures (3%–28%) |
| Sleeve gastrectomy | Gastrointestinal bleed/anaemia (2%) Anastomotic leak (2.4%)±fistula Strictures (0.2%–4%) |
| Biliary and pancreatic diversion and duodenal switch | Ulceration (2.3%) |
