Statistics from a pro-bandster
This is a post I made some months ago. It does not prove the band is infallible! But what it does do is show that those who post the figures that show the band in the worst light are being selective! Some of these studies were clearly very negative about the band but others involving 1000s of patients over as long as 12 years found very low complication and removal rates.
The jury is still out!
I tried to paste this as a table but the formatting went wrong so the columns don't "fit". Please note (as my doc pointed out) that the first set all deal with bands implanted using the older perigastric technique which had a HIGHER complication rate than the pars flaccida which is now used. In addition, the more recent bands are supposed to be better than the old 4cc bands. I do not know the country of origin of the studies, neither have I read them myself. I was given a warning that the journal in which they appear is strictly copyright and so I am not publishing that on the net! But if anyone wants to know, PM me. I am not clear on copyright law and don't want to fall foul of it!
Clearly the results are not consistent!
patients over time port/tubing probs slips/dilation erosion re-ops
Favrotti 1791 12 years 11.2% 3.9% 0.9% 5.9%
Vertuyen 543 7 2.9 4.6 0.9 6.8
Weiner 984 8 2.5 4.5 0.3 3.9
O'Brien 709 6 3.6 12.5 2.8 18.9
Chevalier 1000 7 5.7 10.4 0.3 11.0
Zehetner 190 6 2.6 2.6 2.1 8.5
Zinzindohoue 500 3 7.8 8.6 0 10.4
Tolonen 280 7 10.6 6.5 3.3 24.4
Miceletto 684 5 6.8 6.1 1.0 6.3
Dargent 1180 7 none stated 8.8 1.8 12.7
The following are shorter term studies all using the more modern pars flaccida technique.
Ponce 1014 4 1.2 2.3 0.2 8 removed
parikh 749 3 2.4 2.9 0.1 10.7
Holloway 500 3 9.2 5.0 1.0 not stated
Watkins 2411 3 2.3 5.1 0.1 8
Singhal 1140 3 0.35 0.26 0.09 2.1
Please note that I am not entering into any "my stats are better than your stats" about this! I post out of interest to others and am not coming back to read the replies! I get bored with being slammed for liking my band! These stats neither support not repudiate my own views!
Kate
The jury is still out!
I tried to paste this as a table but the formatting went wrong so the columns don't "fit". Please note (as my doc pointed out) that the first set all deal with bands implanted using the older perigastric technique which had a HIGHER complication rate than the pars flaccida which is now used. In addition, the more recent bands are supposed to be better than the old 4cc bands. I do not know the country of origin of the studies, neither have I read them myself. I was given a warning that the journal in which they appear is strictly copyright and so I am not publishing that on the net! But if anyone wants to know, PM me. I am not clear on copyright law and don't want to fall foul of it!
Clearly the results are not consistent!
patients over time port/tubing probs slips/dilation erosion re-ops
Favrotti 1791 12 years 11.2% 3.9% 0.9% 5.9%
Vertuyen 543 7 2.9 4.6 0.9 6.8
Weiner 984 8 2.5 4.5 0.3 3.9
O'Brien 709 6 3.6 12.5 2.8 18.9
Chevalier 1000 7 5.7 10.4 0.3 11.0
Zehetner 190 6 2.6 2.6 2.1 8.5
Zinzindohoue 500 3 7.8 8.6 0 10.4
Tolonen 280 7 10.6 6.5 3.3 24.4
Miceletto 684 5 6.8 6.1 1.0 6.3
Dargent 1180 7 none stated 8.8 1.8 12.7
The following are shorter term studies all using the more modern pars flaccida technique.
Ponce 1014 4 1.2 2.3 0.2 8 removed
parikh 749 3 2.4 2.9 0.1 10.7
Holloway 500 3 9.2 5.0 1.0 not stated
Watkins 2411 3 2.3 5.1 0.1 8
Singhal 1140 3 0.35 0.26 0.09 2.1
Please note that I am not entering into any "my stats are better than your stats" about this! I post out of interest to others and am not coming back to read the replies! I get bored with being slammed for liking my band! These stats neither support not repudiate my own views!
Kate
Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.
Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!
But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,
Thanks, Kate.
Personally, statistics of almost any kind make my eyes cross, but it's refreshing to see some statistics that don't cast the adjustable gastric band in a villain's role.
Jean
Personally, statistics of almost any kind make my eyes cross, but it's refreshing to see some statistics that don't cast the adjustable gastric band in a villain's role.
Jean
Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com
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