Weight Loss Surgery – What is a Gastric Band
Posted by admin | Posted in Gastric Band Info | Posted on 11-06-2009-05-2008
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A Gastric Band operation involves placing an adjustable band around the upper part of your stomach to create a pouch. This pouch fills up quickly and the food you eat then passes slowly through a narrow opening created by the band, into the lower part of your stomach. The food then passes normally through the rest of your digestive system.
Surgery is usually recommended only if non-surgical treatments, such as diet, exercise and medicines haven’t worked.