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Publication:

Surgical Technology International XV - General Surgery

Article title:

Initial Clinical Experience with Telemetrically Adjustable Gastric Banding

Author(s)

Rudolph A. Weiner, M.D.*
Professor of Surgery

 

Michael Korenkov, M.D.†
Assistant Professor of Surgery

 

Esther Matzig, M.D.*
Staff Surgeon

 

Sylvia Weiner, M.D.*
Staff Surgeon

 

Woiteck K. Karcz, M.D.*
Staff Surgeon

 

*Krankenhaus Sachsenhausen, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Section Bariatric Surgery,

Frankfurt am Main

†Department of Surgery, University Mainz,
Mainz, Germany

 

 

 

Abstract

Background: The feasibility and safety of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for treatment of morbid obesity has been demonstrated in a large number of studies. Access port-related complications constitute a significant part of all complications related to gastric banding. Further, adjustment of hydraulic gastric bands can be fairly lengthy, uncomfortable, and is not a precise procedure. A study was performed to assess the usefulness and efficacy of a new type of band adjusted telemetrically without the need for an access port. The initial worldwide results of the first telemetrically adjustable gastric band for morbid obesity (EASYBAND®; EndoArt Medical Technologies, Switzerland) in two German academic centers are described herein.