Plicated Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Lap Band)

Launched by JACKSONVILLE SURGICAL ASSOCIATES · Dec 21, 2011

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Subjects must meet the following criteria to be eligible for study entry:
• • Age between 18 - 80 years, and
• * Severely or Morbidly obese:
• • BMI \> 35, or
• • BMI \> 30 + co-morbid obesity related disease condition
• • Without any contraindications to bariatric surgery, and
• • Without any metabolic or medically correctable causes for obesity (eg. Untreated hypothyroidism, Prader-Willi, etc.)
• • Patients who have had previous LAGB surgery requiring revision for complications such as slippage, stalled weight loss or weight regain
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Subjects meeting the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:
• • Any patient not meeting the inclusion criteria
• • Patients with any major medical problems contraindicating surgery
• • Patients with a medically treatable cause of obesity (eg. untreated hypothyroidism, Prader-Willi, etc.)
• • Patients who elect to undergo a surgery other than a PLAGB or SLAGB
• • Pregnant or planning pregnancy within 12 months
• • Alcohol or drug addiction
• • Established infection anywhere in the body at the time of surgery
• • Previous history of other bariatric surgery (except LAGB)
• • Family or patient history of autoimmune disease