Acute gastric obstruction following cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with an adjustable gastric band

• DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-10-s1-a170
• Publication Date: 2015-12-17T05:03:01Z
• Authors: Raed Azzam; Abdelrahman Abdelbar; Andrew Brazier; Bilal H Kirmani; Ragheb Hasan
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Meeting Abstract; Surgery; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; 3. Good health

Obesity is a major problem with the number of obese patients presenting to cardiac surgery is ever increasing. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is one modality commonly used to mechanically reduce food intake and also promotes early satiety. Late complications of the device may occur in up to 20% of cases; increasing up to 30% in pregnancy. We report the first case of a late complication of LAGB after cardiopulmonary bypass.