Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for clinically severe (morbid) obesity in Adults - An Update

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Guo, Bing
  • Topfer, Leigh-Ann
  • Harstall, Christa

• The aim of this study was to determine whether laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a safe and effective procedure compared with open and/or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) and laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty (LVBG), especially in the longer term (> or = five years), for adult patients with clinically severe obesity. Information Paper #26. ISBN 1-894927-15-X (On-Line)

• Date created

  2005-05-03

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Laparascopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
  • Severe Obesity - Therapy

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R38G8FX91

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International