ArticleObesity surgery2017
Laparoscopic Gastric Banding: Game Over?
Article in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding or sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity: The By-Band-Sleeve randomised controlled trial.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Trial
- Revisional Adjustable Gastric Band in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass-Is It Worth It?Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Article
- Letter to the Editor: Do Not Throw the Band Out with the Bath Water.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- Comparison of Surgical Activity and Scientific Publications in Bariatric Surgery: an Epidemiological and Bibliometric Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Eroded Gastric Band: Where to Next? An Analysis of the Largest Contemporary Series.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: an Underestimated Risk Factor for the Development of Esophageal Cancer?-a Nationwide Survey.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Gastric Banding: Complications Identified by CT.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Is the Sleeve Gastrectomy Always a Better Procedure? Five-Year Results from a Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
The laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure has been used in bariatric surgery for over 20 years, and despite its initial success, it has been most often criticized for causing adverse effects, lacking efficacy, and frequently requiring revision. Evidence-based medicine supports these criticisms, and the LAGB is no longer considered by most bariatric surgeons worldwide to be a standard operation. While we have to admit that its associated food tolerance issues and variable efficacy make the LAGB less desirable for most patients, time will tell whether the current armamentarium of bariatric procedures are still too aggressive and new safer procedures still need to be developed.
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