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Summary Background: Morbid obesity leads to serious, progressive secondary diseases.Methods: An overview is given of the malabsorption and gastric restriction operations which have been developed for patients who cannot maintain weight loss by conservative means.Results: The intestinal bypass operations require surveillance for protein malnutrition and other sequelae; the restriction operations require...
Background: The laparoscopic application of LAPBAND is gaining widespread acceptance as a gastric restrictive procedure. At the same time the reported morbidities (i.e., gastric perforation, stomach and/or band slippage) are cause for some concern. Methods: From September 1993 until May 1997, 260 patients underwent LAP-BAND at the Department of Surgery at the University of Padova, Italy. Results:...
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