▁Short ▁hospital ▁stay ▁Quick ▁recovery ▁Ad just able ▁without ▁additional ▁surg ery ▁No ▁mal abs or ption ▁issues ▁( because ▁no ▁int est ines ▁are ▁by pass ed ) ▁Fe wer ▁life - th re aten ing ▁comp lications ▁( see ▁comp lications ▁table ▁for ▁details ) ▁ ▁Pot ential ▁comp lications ▁Some ▁studies ▁reve al ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁decrease ▁in ▁adjust able ▁g astr ic ▁band ing ▁sur ger ies ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁increased ▁risk ▁of ▁re operation , ▁compared ▁to ▁R oux - en - Y ▁g astr ic ▁by pass ▁( RY GB ) ▁or ▁sle e ve ▁g ast rect omy ▁( SG ) ▁b ariat ric ▁procedures . ▁ ▁One ▁commonly ▁reported ▁occurrence ▁for ▁band ed ▁patients ▁is ▁reg urg itation ▁of ▁non - ac id ic ▁sw allowed ▁food ▁from ▁the ▁upper ▁p ouch , ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁Product ive ▁Bur ping ▁( P B ing ). ▁Product ive ▁Bur ping ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁normal . ▁The ▁patient ▁should ▁consider ▁e ating ▁less , ▁e ating ▁more ▁slowly ▁and ▁che wing ▁food ▁more ▁thoroughly . ▁Occ asion ally , ▁the ▁narrow ▁passage ▁into ▁the ▁larger , ▁lower ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁st om ach ▁might ▁also ▁become ▁blocked ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁un ch ew ed ▁or ▁un su itable ▁food . ▁ ▁Other ▁comp lications ▁include : ▁Ul cer ation ▁G astr itis ▁( ir rit ated ▁st om ach ▁t issue ) ▁E ros ion ▁– ▁The ▁band ▁may ▁slowly ▁migr ate ▁through