Benefits of Gastric Banding Fighting Obesity

By : Renata Kumiko

Gastric Band

Adjustable gastric banding is a restrictive type of weight loss surgery and a minimally invasive surgical option for the treatment of obesity, designed to induce weight loss by limiting food consumption. However the safest is the adjustable gastric band procedure. Revision of failed laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

True Results by the American Institute of Gastric Banding is the #1 Lap Band weight loss surgery network in the United States. Our weight loss surgeons have performed over 11,000 gastric banding procedures more than any other Lap Band surgery group in the nation without a single serious complication.

Just like for the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the adjustable gastric banding is implanted using laparoscopic (minimally invasive) surgery through several small incisions. Unlike gastric bypass surgery, gastric banding does not interfere with food absorption. For this reason, vitamin deficiencies are rare after gastric banding.

With the potential for greater weight loss then gastric banding and less complication then gastric bypass and gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy is now offered at ORMC

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