Endoscopic Removal of Silastic Gastric Band

On January 24, 2019January 17, 2019 By giejournalIn Investigations, VideoGIELeave a comment

Post written by Saurabh Chawla, MD, from the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We present a case of a patient presenting with abdominal pain who had a sleeve gastrectomy with silastic band placement several years prior to his presentation. Upon further investigation, the silastic band was noted to be eroding into the …

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Endoscopic removal of gastric band

On March 15, 2016February 27, 2016 By giejournalIn VideoGIELeave a comment

Shashideep Singhal, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at The University of Texas at Houston Medical School in Houston, Texas, USA presents this VideoGIE case, "Endoscopic removal of gastric band by use of a stent-induced erosion technique." A 51-year-old woman with vertical band gastroplasty presented with epigastric abdominal pain and emesis. An …

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