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01-03-2019 | Hematemesis | Letter to the Editor

Cardiogastric Fistula as a Rare Complication After Gastric Banding and Hiatal Hernia Surgery

Authors: Raquel Alfonso Ballester, Mari Carmen Fernández Moreno, María Lapeña Rodríguez, Rosa Martí Fernández, José Villegas Morera, Norberto Cassinello Fernández, Joaquín Ortega Serrano

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2019

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Laparoscopic gastric banding (LGB) was one of the most popular procedures for treating obesity in the early 1990s, but now it represents less than 7% of all bariatric procedures varied out [1]. Although it was used worldwide with acceptable results in terms of resolving weight loss and its comorbidities, most studies have shown that other techniques such as laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass produce superior results in most series studying the same factors [2‐5]. Moreover, LGB is not an innocuous procedure: it sometimes has severe complications. …

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Title: Cardiogastric Fistula as a Rare Complication After Gastric Banding and Hiatal Hernia Surgery
Authors: Raquel Alfonso Ballester
Mari Carmen Fernández Moreno
María Lapeña Rodríguez
Rosa Martí Fernández
José Villegas Morera
Norberto Cassinello Fernández
Joaquín Ortega Serrano
Publication date: 01-03-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Hematemesis
Hernia Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-03682-7

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