Publications by authors named "Vicente Alarcon"
Article Synopsis
- Laparoscopic BariClip gastroplasty (LBCG) is a new, reversible weight-loss procedure, but it can lead to complications such as slippage, which the study aims to classify and analyze.
- A review of 381 LBCG patients revealed a 4.46% incidence of slippage, with symptoms mostly involving vomiting and nausea, and a new classification based on the timing and type of slippage was proposed.
- The management of slippage cases included removal of the BariClip, repositioning, or conservative treatment, with various displacement types identified via radiological studies.
Introduction: Laparoscopic BariClip gastroplasty (LBCG) will address a similar tubular restriction than the one achieved with the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) at the level of the gastric fundus, while maintaining the advantage of simplicity and anatomic preservation. The purpose of the current study was to analyze the risk of slippage and to present the evolving technique by adding gastro-gastric plication of the gastric wall covering the BariClip at those areas where the gastric wall "slips" between the limbs of the clip.
Methods: All patients undergoing LBCG with the evolving technique of gastric plication around the device associated with antral gastroplasty from January 2021 to May 2022 were included in the study group (group A).