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Revisional bariatric surgery to solve issues arising from the past: The laparoscopic gastric band was a commonly performed restrictive bariatric procedure. Analysis of medium and long-term results revealed a high rate of failure that required revisional bariatric procedures. Bariatric surgeons have currently abandoned this procedure. However, there are some patients with previous gastric band and issues such as weight regain or GERD. These situations are solved with surgical revision. Guy-Bernard Cadière broadcast from Saint-Pierre University Hospital (Belgium) all the essentials of this situation by performing revisional bariatric surgery for a failure after a gastric band.