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Background We investigated the success rate of a twostage operative concept for treatment of morbid obesity: primary laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB, Lap-Band®) for all morbidly obese patients, followed by sleeve gastrectomy with biliopancreatic diversion (duodenal switch or DS) in case of failure. Methods From Dec 1996 to May 2004, 366 consecutive patients (female 78%, mean age 41...
Background: We investigated the reduction in co-morbidities following laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LAGB). Methods: Between December 1996 and October 2002, 295 patients with mean BMI 45 kg/m2 were operated (79% women, average age 41 years). Mean follow-up was 44 months. Reduction in co-morbidity was scaled relative to the preoperative co-morbidity level as having been cured, improved,...
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