Key result
Pericardial penetration by the catheter tip of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band resulted in polymicrobial bacterial pericarditis and cardiac tamponade.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights a rare but severe complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band placement, where catheter migration caused polymicrobial bacterial pericarditis and cardiac tamponade.
Prompts vigilance for cardiac complications in gastric band patients; leaves open broader incidence and prevention research.
, caused by pericardial penetration of the tip of the catheter of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB). The patient developed a cardiac tamponade, and subsequently emergency pericardiocentesis was performed. Analysis of earlier CT scans showed that the tip of the catheter had migrated through the liver and through the diaphragm into the pericardium, and was in contact with the myocardium. After stabilisation he was operated to remove the LAGB. In this case report, we describe the chain of events that led to the polymicrobial pericarditis-a complication of LAGB placement that to our knowledge has thus far never been reported. We furthermore present a detailed literature review of all published cases of polymicrobial pericarditis and its causes.
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Jong et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Polymicrobial bacterial pericarditis and cardiac tamponade (n=1). Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) was evaluated on Development of polymicrobial pericarditis and cardiac tamponade. Pericardial penetration by the catheter tip of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band resulted in polymicrobial bacterial pericarditis and cardiac tamponade.
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