Conversion of both Versions of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Analysis of Short-term Outcomes

Predictive factors of complications in revisional gastric bypass surgery: results from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry

“…A large number of publications have reported complications after revisional bariatric surgery. However, in most of these studies revisions have followed adjustable gastric banding [14][15][16], vertical banded gastroplasty [17][18][19], or sleeve gastrectomy [20][21][22]. The SOReg database gave us the opportunity to adopt a more comprehensive approach to identify potential differences in surgical outcomes after different index operations.…”

“…Revisional bariatric surgery is technically demanding regardless of the type of procedure chosen. Some authors claim that revisional surgery can be performed as safely as primary surgery [14,[16][17][18]. However, a multitude of reports on complications indicate a higher rate of adverse events after revisional surgery compared with primary surgery.…”