Erschienen in:
26.03.2021 | Letter to the Editor
Long-Term Manometric Impact of the Adjustable Gastric Band on Esophageal Motility: a Prospective Case-Control Study
verfasst von:
Tania Triantafyllou, Malvina Maria Eleftheriou, Charalampos Theodoropoulos, Dimitrios Schizas, Nikolaos Michalopoulos, Fotios Archontovasilis, Dimitrios Theodorou
Erschienen in:
Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 7/2021
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Excerpt
Obesity is found among the most morbid diseases of the Western World. The incidence of the disease has dramatically increased during the last decades [
1]. As a result, advances in bariatric surgery are evolving. Currently, adjustable gastric band (AGB) has lost popularity as a result of its limitations and complications. Previous studies proved that AGB presents inferior effectiveness regarding weight loss [
2]. Moreover, long-term complications have been more commonly attributed to AGB compared to other procedures [
3]. …