Open AccessLaparoscopic repair of gastro-duodenal fistula secondary to band erosion
Author(s) -
Kunal Patel,
Thomas Byrne,
Rana Pullatt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.141533
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , surgery , nausea , fistula , dissection (medical) , duodenal switch , gastric bypass , roux en y anastomosis , adjustable gastric band , general surgery , morbid obesity , gastro , reflux , weight loss , obesity , disease
Laparoscopic gastric banding is one of the most common surgical treatments for morbid obesity performed worldwide. The procedure, however, has many well-documented risks and complications, including band erosion. We present here a gastric banding patient who was referred to our tertiary care centre after secondarily forming an entero-enteric fistula with complaints of pain, nausea, vomiting and severe reflux. She was successfully treated with laparoscopic dissection and due to her existing anatomy, and the patient's desire for continued weight loss, she was converted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.