A comparison of two of the most common types of weight loss surgery indicates that laparoscopic gastric bypass helps patients shed more excess pounds than adjustable gastric banding, but carries a ...

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common surgical procedures for obesity. Known as a malabsorptive operation, this procedure restricts both food intake and the amount of ...

The study involved 100 morbidly obese people who underwent Lap-Band surgery. These patients were matched by sex, race, age and weight with 100 patients who underwent gastric bypass.

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: 5 year results of a prospective randomized trial. Surg Obes Relat Disord, in press. Download references.

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has successfully conducted Ghana’s first laparoscopic bariatric surgery, a significant breakthrough in the country’s medical landscape and efforts to ...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, and nonoperative weight loss interventions. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2008;41(1):26-32. 29.

American Physiological Society. "Lap Band Gastric Bypass Surgery Improves Insulin Resistance." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 May 2007. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 05 / 070501075127.htm>.

The study involved 544 obese adults, most in their mid-40s, including 249 who had laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. About two years after the start of the study, gastrointestinal complaints ...

April 24, 2007 (Las Vegas) -- Concomitant cholecystectomy during laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) for gallbladder pathology is safe, feasible, and avoids subjecting patients to a ...

His story is not atypical, however. Virginia Steele told Eyewitness News she feels stronger and more confident than ever after losing 70 pounds since her gastric bypass surgery in May 2016.

G.M. Campos et al. Better weight loss, resolution of diabetes, and quality of life for laparoscopic gastric bypass vs banding results of a 2-cohort pair-matched study. Archives of Surgery, Vol ...

A new incision-less procedure aims to compete with gastric bypass and the lapband. The TOGA Pivotal Trial offers obese patients stomach stapling without scars or lengthy recovery time.