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Adjustable Gastric Banding

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Bariatric Surgery

Abstract

Gastric banding is one of the so-called restrictive procedures in bariatric surgery. The aim is to limit the size of the stomach to a small pouch, which is created by tightening the gastric band (Figs. 2.1 and 2.2).

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  1. Abteilung für Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie, Klinikum Werra-Meissner, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Göttingen, Elsa-Brendström-Straße 1, 37269, Eschwege, Germany

    Michael Korenkov

  2. Australian Centre for Obesity Research and Education, Monash University Clinical School, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Vic, 3181, Australia

    Wendy A. Brown & Andrew I. Smith

  3. Surgical Unit, Chairman of Israeli Endoscopic Surgical Society, Soroka University Hospital, Beer-Sheva, 84100, Israel

    Leonid Lantsberg

  4. Department of General, Abdominal and Paediatric Surgery, SRH Hospital Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH, (Teaching Hospital of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität at Jena), Jena, Germany

    Thomas Manger

  5. Upper GI and Minimally Invasive Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Geen East, Birmingham, B5 9SS, Great Britain

    Rishi Singhal & Paul Super

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Korenkov, M. et al. (2012). Adjustable Gastric Banding. In: Korenkov, M. (eds) Bariatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16245-9_2

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