VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY or STOMACH STAPLING

Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG), also known as stomach stapling, has been the most common restrictive operation for weight control. This bariatric surgery serves only to restrict and decrease food intake and does not interfere with the normal digestive process.

Both a band and staples are used to create a small stomach pouch. In the bottom of the pouch is an approximately 1-cm hole through which the pouch contents can flow into the remainder of the stomach and then onto the remainder of the gastrointestinal tract.

Stomach stapling is a restrictive technique for managing obesity. The pouch limits the amount of food a patient can eat at one time and slows passage of the food. Stomach stapling is more effective when combined with a malabsorptive technique, in which part of the digestive tract is bypassed, reducing the absorption of calories and nutrients. Combined restrictive and malabsorptive technique are called gastric bypass techniques, of which Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RGB) is the most common. In this technique, staples are used to form a pouch that is connected to the small intestine, bypassing the lower stomach, the duodenum, and the first portion of the jejunum.

VBG is known in the medical community as a very serious and dangerous procedure. A safer alternative to this is adjustable gastric band which does not require cutting into the stomach and does not use any staple lines.

COST OF VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY

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