A new study found the cost of a gastric banding surgery is offset by reductions in obesity-related medical costs within two and a quarter years after surgery for diabetes patients and within four ...

Researchers found weight loss was quicker, greater and retained better after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than gastric banding surgery, according to findings published in the Archives of Surgery. Studying ...

Laparoscopic gastric banding is one of the least invasive weight loss surgeries available. Placing a band around your stomach can make you feel full with less food. Laparoscopic gastric banding ...

Medicare covers lap band surgery if you meet specific requirements, such as having a BMI of 35 or higher, an obesity-related health condition, and unsuccessful prior medical treatments for obesity.

Traditional flexible endoscopy has been limited to the confines of the gastrointestinal lumen; however, recent developments involving transluminal access to intra-abdominal structures hold the ...