Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band is demonstrated by Dr. Brett Cohen of the Memorial Weight-Loss Surgery Program.
This is typically an outpatient surgery that reduces the functional size of the stomach.
A small, ring-like band is placed around the upper part of the stomach to make a new, egg-sized stomach pouch that can only hold less than half a cup of food at a time.
Once in place, the band can be adjusted. This surgery doesn't involve cutting or stapling the stomach or intestines, and it is fully reversible.
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band surgery can result in a significant loss of excess weight within a two- to three-year period.
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This video shows selected portions of surgery that did not have complications. The practice of medicine is not an exact science and serious, even life threatening complications may occur. No guarantee or assurance can be made about the final results of this surgery.
