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If you are concerned with your weight, losing weight using the adjustable gastric band can significantly improve your health and quality of life. A recent article (April 10, 2007) in the Canadian Medical Association Journal recommends bariatric or weight loss surgery as an acceptable option for people for whom all other conventional weight loss methods have failed.
The adjustable gastric band can also help patients significantly resolve or improve certain health conditions including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, hypertension or other serious conditions.
* 74% improvement in dyslipidemia
* 94% resolution of obstructive sleep apnea
* 55% resolution of hypertension
* 100% improvement in asthma
* 75% resolution of diabetes
* 79% resolution of reflux
(Source: Fielding G, Ren C, Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band. Surg Clin N Am 2005;85:129-40)
Adjustable gastric banding is a minimally invasive surgical option for the treatment of obesity, designed to induce weight loss by limiting food consumption. In our opinion, it is simply the best way to lose weight without hunger.
There are several options when it comes to surgical weight loss procedures. However the safest is the adjustable gastric band procedure. Not only is it the safest surgical procedure for weight loss but it can also offer sustainable results by reducing the amount of food your stomach can hold.
What makes the adjustable gastric band procedure unique, over any other weight loss surgeries available at this time, is that it's adjustable and reversible. The procedure is done laparoscopically (small incisions with much less trauma) placing the band around the top part of the stomach and just below the esophagus. Patient care is individually customized with the ability to make adjustments based on your requirements. This tool used with proper guidelines prevents overeating and you can reach fullness or satiety with less food, resulting in weight loss.
CIBO Clinic uses an implant designed and produced in the United States. The band was approved for use by Health Canada in 1998 and FDA approved (United States) for the treatment of obesity in 2001. European and Australian surgeons have had experience using the band since 1994. There are over 350,000 devices implanted around the world.
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