Dr. Vafa Shayani MD Publications contributions to the medical literature regarding gastric banding

  • Sarker S, Herold K, Creech S, Shayani V. Early and late complications following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. The American Surgeon, 70(2): 146-150, 2004.

  • Shayani V. Comparison of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. [Letter] Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 198(3): 501, 2004.

  • Sarker S. Shayani V. Diagnosis and management of acute gastric distention following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Obesity Surgery, 14: 702-704, 2004.

  • Sarker S, Myers JA, Shayani V. Superior Weight Loss With Patient-Driven, Fluoroscopically Guided Band Adjustments Following Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. 2005; 9(3): 269-271.

  • Jonathan A. Myers, James C. Clifford, Sharfi Sarker, Margaret Primeau, Gretchen L. Doninger, Vafa Shayani. Quality of life after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding using the BAROS and Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Vol. 1, Issue 3, p291-296, May-June 2005.

  • Myers JA, Fischer GA, Sarker S, Shayani V. Gallbladder disease in patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 1(6): 561-563, 2005.

  • Myers JA, Sarker S, Shayani V. Treatment of massive super-obesity with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2(1): 37-40, 2006

  • Sarker S, Myers JA, Shayani V. Three-year follow-up weight loss results for patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding at a major university medical center: does the weight loss persist? American Journal of Surgery. 191: 372-376, 2006.

  • Myers JA, Clifford JC, Sarker S, Primeau M, Doninger GL, Shayani V. Quality of life after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding using the BAROS and Moorehead-Ardelt quality of life questionnaire II. JSLS 10(4), 414-420, 2006.

  • Eric H. Prensky, Margaret Primeau, Mara Stankiewicz, Vafa Shayani. Suicide risk in LAGB patients. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Vol 3, Issue 3, p333-334, May-June, 2007.

  • Fischer G, Myers JA, Shayani V. Gastric migration and strangulation following adjustable gastric banding. Obes Surg 18(6):753-5, 2008.

  • Manganiello MD, Sarker S, Tempel M, Shayani V. Management of slipped adjustable gastric bands. SOARD, 4(4): 534-538, 2008.

  • Sunil Bhoyrul, John B Dixon, George Fielding, Christine Ren, Emma Patterson, Lee Grossbard, Vafa Shayani, Marc Bessler, David Voellinger, Helmuth Billy, Robert Cywes, Timothy B Ehrlich, Daniel B Jones, Brad M Watkins, Jaime Ponce, Matthew Brengman and Gregory Schroder. Letter to the Editor: Safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Roux-en-y gastric bypass is superior to gastric banding in the management of morbidly obese patients: a response. BioMed Central, Patient Safety in Surgery, 3:17, 2009.

  • APEX Study Group. Effect of adjustable gastric banding on changes in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and quality of life. Med Res Opin, 28(4):581-9, 2012.

  • Vafa Shayani, David Voellinger, Carson Liu, Christopher Cornell, Ted Okerson, MD. Safety and Efficacy of the LAP-BAND AP® Adjustable Gastric Band in the Treatment of Obesity: Results at 2 Years. Post Graduate Medicine, 124:4, July 2012.

  • Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS; Jeffrey W. Allen, MD, FACS; Sunil Bhoyrul, MD,FACS, FRCS(Eng); Helmuth T. Billy, MD, FACS; Robert Cywes, MD, PhD;Emma J. Patterson, MD, FRCSC, FACS; Christine J. Ren-Fielding, MD,FACS; and Vafa Shayani, MD, FACS. Clinical Algorithms for identifying and manageing the complications of adjustable gastric banding, Bariatric Times, November 2013.

  • Shayani V. Comment on: An investigation of neural mechanisms underlying efficacy of the adjustable gastric band. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 12(4):838-9, May 2016.

  • Aurora Pryor, James Swain, George Woodman, Steven Edmundowicz, Tarek Hassanein, Vafa Shayani, John Fang, Mark Noar. A 6-month Swallowable Balloon System Results In Sustainable Weight Loss at 1 Year: Results from A Prospective Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Vol 12, Issue 7, S26-27, August 2016.

  • Courcoulas A, Abu Dayyeh BK, Eaton L, Robinson J, Woodman G, Fusco M, Shayani V, Billy H, Pambianco D, Gostout C. Intragastric balloon as an adjunct to lifestyle intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Obes, 41(3):427-433, Mar 2017.

  • Shayani, V. Reply to: Rate of revisions or conversion after bariatric surgery over 10 years in the state of New York. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 14(7):1064-1065, July 2018.

  • Shelby Sullivan, James Swain, George Woodman, Steven Edmundowicz, Tarek Hassanein, Vafa Shayani, John C. Fang, Mark Noar, George Eid, Wayne J English, Nabil Tariz, Michael Larsen, Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda, Dennis S. Riff, Jaime Ponce, Dayna Early, Eric Volckmann, Anna R. Ibele, Matthew D. Spann, Kumar Krishnan, Juan Carlos Bucobo, Aurora Pryor. Randomized sham-controlled trial of the 6-month swallowable gas-filled intragastric balloon system for weight loss. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Vol 14, Issue 12, 1876-1889, Dec 2018.

  • Shayani V. Comment on: Feasibility study on elimination of all oral opioids following bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 June;17(6):1078-1079.

  • Comment on: An investigation of the neural mechanisms underlying the efficacy of the adjustable gastric band. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29853193/

  • Gastric migration and strangulation after adjustable gastric banding. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18392903/

  • Management of slipped adjustable gastric bands. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18226972/