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Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery
How Well It Works
Studies have shown that people can lose weight as successfully with adjustable gastric banding as they do with other weight-loss methods or surgeries, although in general the weight loss is slower and less than with gastric bypass.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 16, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Ali Tavakkolizadeh, MD, FRCSC - General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery |
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