Study: Lap band surgery effective for morbidly obese children
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 16:49
in Health & Medicine
A surgeon now at Children's National Medical Center and his colleagues from New York University have found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Lap band) to improve the health of morbidly obese adolescents.
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