AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH TO DETERMINE AND EVALUATE THE LAGB (LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING) APPLICATION AS A TREATMENT MODALITY

Objective: The application of LAGB (Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding) carries numerous benefits in the medication of ominous obesity. Moreover, such a process may face some particular issues like intragastric migration. Therefore, we designed this study, to evaluate and determine the impacts of this kind of migration as well as the possible methods which are usually being applied during surgically administrative cures.

Methodology: This experimental research studies 134 patients at Services Hospital, Lahore from February to November 2017. To apply the Pars Flaccida technique, we selected (134) patients who all experienced LAGB. All the participants laid between the age group of (18 – 54) with the mean age (27) years. To identify the migration, we applied the technique of gastroscopy. It is assumed that the absence of band-related obstruction is the cause of migration.

Results: Among one hundred and thirty-four patients total three percent (4) of them reported migration through medical reports while another subject reported it from the other centre where he experienced LAGB. We recorded the mean value of BMI as (47 kg/m²). So, professionals initially stitched the breaches in the areas of the stomach as well as removed the bandages off (4) patients. One patient out of research sample experienced RNYGE (Roux-en-Y gastro-enter ostomy) and cholecystectomy.

Conclusions: A keen study of said problem found that the growth and expansion of migration after the experience of LAGB is a longstanding issue and impediment. We can testify through the findings of this study that when the migration is reported, professional must remove the gastric bands. In the meanwhile RNYGE is helpful or professional must prefer new bands after three to six months.

Keywords: Morbid Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, Laparoscopy and Band Migration.