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Objective
This study aimed to evaluate the real‐world safety and effectiveness of the LAP‐BAND (Apollo Endosurgery Inc., Austin, Texas) adjustable gastric banding system (LBS) for 5 years following implantation.
Methods
This prospective, longitudinal, phase 4, multicenter study involved 652 patients who had implantation of the LBS system. The primary outcome was the percentage of subjects who had...
Previous studies have compared open versus hand-assisted and open versus total laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. This study compared hand-assisted and total laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery performed at 2 institutions by 2 surgeons, each specializing in 1 of the techniques.Gastric bypass operations (n = 272) were evaluated from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004. The comparisons...
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