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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Imaging of Normal Anatomic Features and Postoperative Gastrointestinal Complications

¹ Department of Radiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman St., Tel Aviv 64239, Israel.
² The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel.
³ University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
⁴ Department of Surgery B, Bariatric Surgery Service, Tel Aviv Soursaky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this essay is to describe the normal anatomic findings after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery and the imaging findings of postoperative gastrointestinal complications.

CONCLUSION. With the increasing prevalence of morbid obesity, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery has evolved to be a leading surgical technique. Radiologists need to be familiar with the normal anatomic findings after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery and with the imaging findings of postoperative complications.

Keywords: abdomen • abdominal imaging • gastrointestinal radiology • obesity • stomach

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