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Safer, simpler weight loss surgery

October 16, 2008 By the advertisers , Information supplied by the advertisers

Obesity is on the rise and so are the numbers of surgeries performed each year for weight loss. Now there is a safer, simpler approach to surgical weight loss with a procedure called laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

Gastric banding is 10 times safer than the gastric bypass and can be performed as outpatient surgery. The silicone band which is placed around the top of the stomach during...

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