ABSTRACT

The results of this comparative study do not favor a particular technique. A

mean observation time of only (12 months) and the small number of the patients
(60 patients) is not enough to arrive a final conclusion. Of course, larger series with
longer period of follow up will be more informative.
From our small thesis we can conclude that more long-term complications
are likely to occur in LAGB. However, this may be largely attributed to the
relatively short period of follow up.
Complications may also arise as a result of a much more complicated
technique and more foreign material being introduced into the body in LAGB. The
gastric pouch on the lesser curvature as in LVBG, with a strong gastric wail, is
more physiological and more suitable as a gastric reservoir than the fundus of the
stomach as in LAGB.
LVBG also better protect the patients from reflux esophagitis and
dysmotility of the esophagus.

Key words :
MORBID OBESITY LAPAROSCOPIC LAGB LVBG .