This video shows a partial obstruction of a vertical banded gastroplasty. The patient has gastritis proximally (above the band), but normal gastric mucosa below the band. There is remnants of coconut (a food prone to forming bezoar in bariatric patients) within the proximal gastric pouch.
Video donated to the SAGES Video Atlas of Endoscopy by Eric M Pauli, MD
Keyword(s): bariatric pts, bezoar, gastric mucosa, gastric pouch, gastritis, partial gastric outlet obstruction, VBG