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2. Adjustable gastric band - Wikipedia

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   Adjustable gastric band surgery is an example of bariatric surgery designed for obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or greater—or between 35 and 40 in cases of patients with certain comorbidities that are known to improve with weight loss, such as sleep apnea, diabetes, osteoarthritis, GERD, hypertension (high blood pressure ...

3. SILS gastric banding - Wikipedia

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   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 gastric band” (ASGB) via open surgery. [6]

4. Revision weight loss surgery - Wikipedia

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   An adjustable gastric band is an inflatable silicone prosthetic device that is placed around the top portion of the stomach. This procedure can be performed as a revision procedure for many patients who have had a previous stomach stapling, gastroplasty procedure, or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery but have regained weight.

5. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   Image of an adjustable gastric band in place over the upper portion of the stomach. The restriction of the stomach also can be created using a silicone band, which can be adjusted by addition or removal of saline through a port placed just under the skin, a procedure called adjustable gastric band surgery. [35]

6. Mitiku Belachew - Wikipedia

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   Therefore, he invented the adjustable gastric band positioned between the esophagus and the stomach. [citation needed] He performed the first successful surgery of the sort on 1 September 1993 using a laparoscopic camera. [7] However, he refused to file a patent on the device, saying "I don't like this mercantile side of surgery". [8]

7. Lubomyr Kuzmak - Wikipedia

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   He published results of the stoma adjustable silicone gastric banding by laparotomy in 1991 and 1992, on 121 and 156 patients, respectively. [8] [9] His invention was eventually improved and adapted to be placed laparoscopically (Lap-Band), by the then-named BioEnterics Company in Carpinteria, California. In the early 1990s, Kuzmak trained ...