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I Had Gastric Bypass Just 6 Yrs Ago I Had a Hysterectomy Weight is Back is Lap Band an Option?
I Had Gastric Bypass Just 6 Yrs Ago I Had a Hysterectomy Weight is Back is Lap Band an Option?
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in San Antonio, TX
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Lap-Band After Gastric Bypass
Lap-Band surgery is possible in patients who have not had success with Gastric Bypass. This is called revision procedure.
The goal is to induce a sense of satiety with smaller portions and thus control portion size. The procedure can be more complicated to perform, especially if the original gastric bypass was done as an "open" procedure with a long incision.
The results reported in the literature by experienced Lap-Band surgeons show that revision surgery is...
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