Revision bariatric surgery is defined as an intervention that repairs or revises a prior weight loss surgical procedure. These may be patients that were unsuccessful with their first procedure, patients were initially successful but have started gaining weight or patients with success but with complications.

Patients who may require revision surgery:

• Prior vertical banded gatroplasty (VBG, stomach stapling) with weight regain.
• Prior gastric Bypass surgery and weight regain.
• Lapband surgery and weight regain.
• Lapband surgery complications (acid reflux, slippage, erosion, port problems).
• Depending on the primary procedure, we individually check every patient, to evaluate the adequate revision procedure, these can be: Lapband placement, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, duodenal swicth, stomaphyx.

Dr. Lopez has plenty of experience on rebanding, lapband placements after vertical banded gastyroplasty or after gastric bypass, as well in sleeve gastrectomy after lapband failure and with gastric bypass after vertical banded gastroplaty or lapband failure.
Duodenal switch is also feasible, with the experience of Dr. Ungson.