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Can a leaky lapband be repaired?

EvaCJul 31, 2014
I had a lapband put in 2004, I lost approx. 165 lbs. In 2012 I had two strokes leaving my vocal cord paralyzed in Las Vegas, NV. I started gaining weight. I found a Bariatric dr here and went to get an adjustment. He said it couldn't fill it and that he believed it was leaking.

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