Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery For Teens

The growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. has hit teens pretty hard. There are several serious interventions that can help people lose weight, including surgery. All of the options for weight loss open to adults aren't open to teens — at least not yet.

Gastric banding is being promoted as a safer and less invasive alternative to gastric bypass surgery. Sometimes called by the product name, Lap Band, gastric banding involves slipping a small, inflatable silicon ring around the upper part of the stomach. Surgeons make tiny incisions, and insert the band using a laparoscope. The band is tightened or loosened by adjusting the saline-filled balloon lining the inside of ....

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