Banded versus nonbanded laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: 5-year  outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: BSG is safe and produces substantially more weight loss than nonbanded SG at 2 through 5 postoperative years, with minimal side effects.
PMID: 31548001 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - August 31, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Bhandari M, Mathur W, Kosta S, Mishra AK, Cummings DE Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: research