Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) is a surgical device to treat obesity that is widely used and generally considered to be safe. We report an adverse event related to the physiological and mechanical changes that occur after LAGB placement, namely chronic obstruction resulting in marked lo...

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Autores principales: Makker, Jitin, Conklin, Jeffrey, Muthusamy, V. Raman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26504870
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.89
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spelling pubmed-46127502015-10-26 Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Makker, Jitin Conklin, Jeffrey Muthusamy, V. Raman ACG Case Rep J Case Report Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) is a surgical device to treat obesity that is widely used and generally considered to be safe. We report an adverse event related to the physiological and mechanical changes that occur after LAGB placement, namely chronic obstruction resulting in marked lower esophageal thickening. American College of Gastroenterology 2015-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4612750/ /pubmed/26504870 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.89 Text en Copyright © Makker et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band
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title_full Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band
title_fullStr Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band
title_full_unstemmed Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band
title_short Lower Esophageal Thickening Due to a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band
title_sort lower esophageal thickening due to a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26504870
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