Another name for this surgery is gastric banding.

Other surgeries such as gastric banding, result in about 47% of excess weight loss.

Adjustable gastric banding is done through several small cuts, called incisions, in the belly.

Although adjustable gastric banding is considered the least invasive of the weight loss surgeries, problems can occur.

Adjustable gastric banding and conventional therapy for type 2 diabetes.

Restrictive surgeries - like gastric banding - are operations used to produce weight loss.

Someone people who are 200 pounds overweight could expect to lose an average of 80 pounds after gastric banding.

For this reason, vitamin deficiencies are rare after gastric banding.

After gastric banding, the band itself may shift position or leak.

Patients considering gastric banding must be willing to make major changes in their eating habits and lifestyle.