With lap-band surgery failing to induce weight loss in a growing number of patients, a Dallas bariatric surgeon said he has been successfully using gastric sleeve revision surgery for them, according ...

"Bariatric revision surgery at Healthy Life Bariatrics in Los Angeles offers a second chance for patients who regained weight, developed complications, or had inadequate results after gastric sleeve, ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) "Gastric bypass revision helps patients with weight regain, inadequate loss, or complications after prior bypass. Options include endoscopic techniques (TORe, ROSE, APC) to reduce an ...

To assess the cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) as treatment for morbid obesity. Estimates of procedure ...

June 18, 2012 — Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) surgery is significantly associated with lower complication rates, shorter length of stay, lower financial cost, and lower mortality ...

The beginning of what is known today as the “banded gastric bypass” operation can be found in the 1980s. After failed vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG), patients were scheduled to receive a gastric ...

Candidates for weight-loss surgery accept a level of risk and uncertainty about the outcome with any procedure. Many do so because having a body mass index of 35 or more with obesity-related health ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Sep 12, 2012) - At their Houston weight loss surgery practice, Dr. Sherman Yu and Dr. Terry Scarborough say band revision procedures have risen in demand amongst patients ...

Lap-band surgeries are in the spotlight now that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed in an interview with the New York Post that he secretly underwent the procedure in February at his family's ...

This study analyzes the return on investment for bariatric surgery in the United States. : Morbidly obese patients aged 18 years or older were identified in an employer claims database of more than 5 ...