Science news articles about 'gastric banding surgery'

... first single-incision Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in Texas. Rather than the traditional ... small incisions used for traditional laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, surgeons used a single 8-centimetre ...

... just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data presented this week ... stomach smaller without staples. Instead, a band is place around the upper part of the stomach ...

... just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data. The study reports that ... called the Lap-Band procedure, as part of a clinical trial lost an average of 20 pounds ...

... women without laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery (7.7 percent vs ... body]). No differences in these newborn outcomes were found after gastric bypass compared with nonobese controls. "Research ...

... and her colleagues evaluated women who underwent laparoscopic-adjustable silicone gastric banding surgery and were diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency after the procedure. These women were ...

... weight loss surgery—gastric bypass—and the other patients had either vertical banded gastroplasty (also called gastric band surgery) or biliopancreatic diversion. The average length of follow-up was ...

... 24 morbidly obese teens between the ages of 14 and 17 years underwent laparoscopic gastric ... 16.7 percent. "Laparoscopic gastric banding surgery may be a useful intervention for morbidly obese teenagers ...

In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study found.

A new study of obese adolescents has shown that laparoscopic gastric banding surgery -- the "Lap-Band" procedure -- not only helps them achieve significant weight loss but can also improve and even ...