CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Surgery Video Sessions

Trans-Gastric Removal of Gastric Band

Alexandre Bougie, MD, FRCS(C)
Chirurgie digestive et bariatrique - Digestive and Bariatric Surgery
Hôpital Pierre-Boucher, Longueuil, QC, Canada

Alexandre Bougie currently works as a bariatric and general surgeon at Pierre-Boucher Hospital on the south shore of Montreal. His main areas of focus are metabolic & upper GI surgery as well as a general surgery practice for the south shore community. After attending medical school and his residency in general surgery at Université de Sherbrooke, he completed a fellowship in bariatric surgery at McGill University Health Centre before completing a fellowship in trauma at The Ottawa Hospital through the University of Ottawa. He conserves an affiliation to both McGill and Montreal Universities as a faculty lecturer and includes teaching to both medical students and residents in his practice.

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Presentation Overview:

This video shows the laparoscopic trans-gastric removal of a completely eroded gastric band through a separate gastrotomy incision in this classic yet infrequently seen long term complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands.