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2. Adjustable gastric band - Wikipedia

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   However, gastric banding is the least invasive surgery of its kind and is completely reversible, with another "keyhole" operation. Gastric banding is performed using laparoscopic surgery and usually results in a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, smaller scars, and less pain than open surgical procedures.

3. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   Gastric band malpositioning can be devastating, leading to gastric prolapse, overdistention, and resultingly, gastric ischemia and necrosis. [27] Erosion and migration of the band may also occur post-operatively, in which case, if over 50% of the circumference of the band migrates, then surgical repositioning is necessary. [27]

4. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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   Reversal of a VBG requires a much more complex and intensive surgical process than getting the VBG. When removal of a polyurethane band is involved (polyurethane was predominantly used in the 1980s and 90s), it likely has built substantial scar tissue that must also be removed, depending on how long since the VBG took place. Removal of the ...

5. SILS gastric banding - Wikipedia

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   The development of the adjustable gastric band in the mid-1980s was a watershed in the treatment of obesity. The father of the gastric band is generally agreed to have been Lubomyr Kuzmak (1929–2006), a Ukrainian born surgeon who had emigrated to the US in 1965. In 1986, Kuzmak reported on the clinical use of the “adjustable silicone ...

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7. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   The gastric bypass group had an average peak alcohol breath level of 0.08%, whereas the control group had an average peak alcohol breath level of 0.05%. It took an average of 108 minutes for the gastric bypass patients group to return to an alcohol breath of zero, while it took the control group an average of 72 minutes. [journal 15]