Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

Objective: To determine the long-term efficacy and safety of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) for morbid obesity.

Design: Clinical assessment in the surgeon's office in 2009 (≥12 years after LAGB).

Setting: University obesity center in Brussels, Belgium.

Are laparoscopic gastric bypass after gastroplasty and primary laparoscopic gastric bypass similar in terms of results?

Background: This retrospective study compares the results of primary gastric bypass (PGB) versus secondary gastric bypass (SGB) performed after gastroplasty.

Methods: Between January 2004 and August 2008, 576 consecutive patients benefited from laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGB) in our hospital. Four hundred seventy patients (81.