Lap-Band® Research Studies

Research Studies on the Lap-Band®

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for the treatment of morbidly obese patients: early outcome in a Chinese cohort

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: 1,014 consecutive cases

• Laparoscopic gastric banding in adolescents

• Laparoscopic banding: selection and technique in 830 patients

• Laparoscopic adjustable esophagogastric banding: preliminary results

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Obesity: Health Concerns and Lifestyle Changes

• Patient characteristics impacting excess weight loss following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

• BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB): a short-term, double-blind, randomised, controlled, crossover study on weight reduction in morbidly obese patients

• Treatment of massive super-obesity with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for the treatment of morbid obesity

• Effect of Lap-Band-induced weight loss on type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

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Effects on your body after banding

• Band slippage after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: etiology and treatment

• Late pouch dilation after laparoscopic adjustable gastric and esophagogastric banding: incidence, treatment, and outcome

• Outcomes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band repositioning for slippage or pouch dilation

• Lap-Band erosion after laparoscopic gastric banding: occurrence and results after conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

• Intermediate results following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity

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Other options ie. Gastric ByPass:

• Short-term changes in insulin resistance following weight loss surgery for morbid obesity: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

• Comparative study between laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and laparoscopic gastric bypass: single-institution, 5-year experience in bariatric surgery

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a single-institution comparison study of early results

• Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: 5-year results of a prospective randomized trial

• A case-controlled matched-pair cohort study of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and Lap-Band patients in a single US center with three-year follow-up.

• Depression score predicts weight loss following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

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