Gastric Surgeon for Stomach Banding in California
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| If you are severely obese and want to find a board certified bariatric surgeon located in California, see below. There are two types of obesity surgery - banding like Lap Band, and bypass like roux-en-y. Whichever you choose, be guided by your physician. Good luck in your search for an obesity clinic offering adjustable gastric banding in the California area. |
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Types of Gastric Banding/Bypass Performed 1. Laparoscopic and open Roux-en-Y Gastric B Coastal Center for Obesity offers laparoscopic and open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the Lap-Band procedure. We do not perform the duodenal switch procedure or the biliopancreatic diversion. We feel these operations are associated with more short and long term complications and therefore are not currently performing them. The National Institutes of Health published a consensus statement on bariatric surgery in 1991. They recognized two procedures for the surgical treatment of obesity: the gastric bypass and the gastroplasty. Gastroplasty, otherwise known as stomach stapling, has subsequently been shown to result in unacceptable weight loss. The gastric bypass operation has therefore become the operation of choice or weight loss in the United States. Outside the United States, adjustable gastric banding is the operation of choice for severe obesity. The FDA approved the Lap-Band (a type of adjustable gastric band) in June 2001 for use in the United States. This appears to be a promising option because of its less invasive nature, its reversibility, and its adjustability. Long term studies in the United States have not been done.
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