Fourteen-Year Long-Term Results after Gastric Banding

Table 3

Reasons for band removal.

Patients	(𝑛)	24
Overall removal rate	(%)	12.0
Discomfort	(𝑛)	5
Excellent excessive weight loss	(𝑛)	1
Migration	(𝑛)	11
Slippage	(𝑛)	2
During cholecystectomy (at out-of-town hospitals)	(𝑛)	2
Peritonitis	(𝑛)	1
Stomach wall necrosis	(𝑛)	1
Epiphrenic esophageal diverticula	(𝑛)	1