Gastric banding, which is otherwise referred to as a Lap-Band, is a procedure aimed at helping morbidly obese patients lose weight. Gastric band surgery has existed in some form or another since the 1970s. In the eighties, the surgery took the form we all know today, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. In the 90s and early 2000s, the Lap-Band became the most popular […]
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