Esophageal Dysmotility and Dilatation After Laparoscopic Gastric Banding

Spital STS AG

Status: Completed

Conditions: Esophageal Motility Disorders

Treatments: Procedure: gastric banding; Procedure: Laparoscopic surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry; Other

Identifiers

NCT01234428

MOB-12-STS-AG

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether esophageal dysmotility and dilatation is an important complication in the long term follow-up following laparoscopic gastric banding for morbid obesity.

Full description

Using a yearly barium swallow the diameter of the esophagus will be monitored over the period.

Enrollment: 167 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI more than 40

Exclusion criteria

• BMI below 40

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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167 participants in 1 patient group

surgery

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: gastric banding

Procedure: Laparoscopic surgery